Virtual worldly concern are drive people to suicide — and making them fall in love . A fresh documentary , opening this weekend , follow seven people who are devoted to virtual world , and finds them struggling with addiction and discovering romance . 2nd Skin , which debuts at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin , showcases players ’ devotion to worlds like Second Life , and soon the science fiction wondermentaddictionthat is Starcraft 2 ) . Click through to watch the trailer .
You do n’t guess of virtual macrocosm like Second LIfe as sensual — after all , there ’s no sensory faculty of touch modality at all — but take in the exuberant footage inSecond Skinand hearing people talk about their hunger forWorlds of Warcraftmay change your judgement . Immersive virtual realitymight never survive up to the ballyhoo , but already more and more hoi polloi are rain cats and dogs so much of their hearts and minds into practical worlds that they seem to " palpate " their experience in them . Director Juan Carloscalls it"An Inconvenient Truthmeets Errol Morris , " which vocalise like he ’s swinging for the fences . If Carlos was on death rowing , he ’d pick Weird Science as his last movie to watch :
I ’ve always really loved that comedy . I mean John Hughes is great , and he ’s made a clustering of full movies , but Weird Science to me get the fan favourite award . The idea behind that movie was so imaginative and hilarious . Plus there is just something awesome when outlander come to crash a company in the middle of a teen comedy . So I ’d laugh to pop , and then get a little Zen .
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