Q1: From Antoine Picon, “Architecture, Science, Technology and the Virtual Realm”:

pgs. 310-311

Picon states that ‘Hyperreality is meant for the cyborg”, describing this concept as fictional, something perhaps belonging to the far future. Given the highly integrated and proliferated the use of technology has become (in the 14 years since this writing), to what extent have we become ‘cyborgs’ now?

Q2: From Antoine Picon, “Architecture, Science, Technology and the Virtual Realm”:

pg.301

“If we do not actually see structures, we perceive them through the combination of visual and muscular intuition…Combining the eyes power of appreciation with kinesthetic sensations, this type of understanding is a cultural construction”

Is the reconstruction of these conditions the ultimate goal of virtual reality? If so, what are the limits we would impose on this when technology makes this feasible?