Harun Farocki, Serious Games III (Immersion) (Review)
<span id="docs-internal-guid-15dcde84-7fff-449e-8606-44ce921732b2"><span>Immersion</span><span> is the third of four documentaries by Harun Farocki that explores the use of video games in the U.S. military. The first film demonstrates training software in which a yo...
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doaj-57cae98dc9d14a4ab54a22f33e574dca2020-11-25T00:11:00ZengeScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaRefract2640-94292018-11-011110.5070/R71141461https://escholarship.org/uc/item/26t834v1Harun Farocki, Serious Games III (Immersion) (Review)Natasha Eves<span id="docs-internal-guid-15dcde84-7fff-449e-8606-44ce921732b2"><span>Immersion</span><span> is the third of four documentaries by Harun Farocki that explores the use of video games in the U.S. military. The first film demonstrates training software in which a young soldier called Watson is killed; the second, a live action role play training exercise; the third, virtual reality (VR) immersion therapy; and the final film compares these pre- and post-war simulated environments side by side. </span><span>The demonstration of the virtual reality software </span><span>Virtual Iraq </span><span>employed in Farocki’s film </span><span>Immersion</span><span> will be reviewed here.</span></span>http://escholarship.org/uc/item/26t834v1virtual reality, documentary film, U.S. military, digital media, memory |
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-15dcde84-7fff-449e-8606-44ce921732b2"><span>Immersion</span><span> is the third of four documentaries by Harun Farocki that explores the use of video games in the U.S. military. The first film demonstrates training software in which a young soldier called Watson is killed; the second, a live action role play training exercise; the third, virtual reality (VR) immersion therapy; and the final film compares these pre- and post-war simulated environments side by side. </span><span>The demonstration of the virtual reality software </span><span>Virtual Iraq </span><span>employed in Farocki’s film </span><span>Immersion</span><span> will be reviewed here.</span></span> |
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