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> I was not inspired enough to make it to the ten-minute mark.

That's too bad. I personally found the second half quite interesting.

> even more precious to hear him refer to the telephone as the first virtual reality technology. What the hell is that supposed to mean?!

Being able to have a conversation with someone miles away. That is revolutionary. They are "virtually" there.

> Being able to have a conversation with someone miles away. That is revolutionary. They are "virtually" there.

Well, why not the daguerrotype? But my real question is, what value is there in making that distinction?

> Well, why not the daguerrotype?

It doesn't update in real time.

To go back to your Starcraft example, that is why Starcraft is a game, and the screenshots on the box are not.

> what value is there in making that distinction?

To most people it's a novel way of thinking about it.