Was it Laurie Anderson who said that VR would never look re… - William Gibson

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Was it Laurie Anderson who said that VR would never look real until they learned how to put some dirt in it?

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William Ford Gibson (born 17 March 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk. Gibson coined the term "cyberspace" in his short story "Burning Chrome" and later popularized the concept in his debut novel, Neuromancer (1984). Gibson's novels are grouped into four informal trilogies:

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Was it Laurie Anderson who said that VR would never look real until they learned how to put some dirt in it? - William Gibson

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