Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Love Plus

Like we discussed in class today men in Japan are marrying video games?!? CNN wrote a article about a man who married a video game character, Nene Anegasaki, from he's Nintendo DS game called Love Plus. "Tokyo man marries video game character" 

We consider how advancements in technology are altering human interactions.  Is technology lessening our day to day human interaction? Are we too busy socializing on our smart phones and missing valuable communication cues in real life? All of this plays a role in way a man would choose virtual reality instead of a living breathing human being. Is this Love Plus a way for this man to hide from himself and opt to find "true love" in a machine that he can control?

Advancement in technology have made our lives easier by giving us on-demand information, services, and entertainment. However, can we advance mankind by creating life through virtual realities? And should we?

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