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Augmented Reality Tourism

Posted by michael on from the we-have-the-technology dept.

pershino writes "Augmented reality is gaining real world application to take us backwards. The BBC has a story about a European Union-funded project providing tourists with computer-augmented versions of archaeological attractions like Pompeii."

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  1. Politically Correct Versions of the Past by d102804 · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    As Westerners, we can face history and understand its truth. So, we would not shun it.

    The same cannot be said of, say, the Chinese. The reality of 1895 Shanghai is that, under Western domination, the city prospered. For the first time in its history, people enjoyed codified laws that police fairly enforced. The rest of China was a pig sty: warlords controlled vast stretches of land and ruled by whim.

    If we created an accurate virtual reality of 1895 Shanghai, the Chinese would be up in arms, crying "racism", "bigory", and "Western oppression". They would accuse us Westerners of distorting history.

    Now, consider a virtual reality of 1951 Tibet when the Chinese armies were ransacking Tibet and pursuing the Dalai Lama to kill him. ...