# An odd but interesting take on virtual and augmented reality

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**Created:** [August 30, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-but-interesting-take-on-virtual-and-augmented-reality/764448 "2016-08-30T00:29:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-but-interesting-take-on-virtual-and-augmented-reality/764448/1 "2016-08-30T00:29:30Z")

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> Throughout history, humans have have believed in, and sometimes hunted for, creatures that are not of this world. From medieval occultists who attempted to invoke angels and demons via magick circles, invocations and amulets, to modern-day ghosthunters with their electronic devices, invisible, incorporeal entities have sometimes been as much a part of the landscape as the everyday physical objects surrounding us that we can touch and see.

> **[Walkers Between Worlds: The Parallels Between Augmented Reality and Magick -...](https://www.dailygrail.com/2016/07/walkers-between-worlds/)**
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> Throughout history, humans have have believed in, and sometimes hunted for, creatures that are not of this world. From medieval occultists who attempted to invoke angels and demons via magick circles, invocations and amulets, to modern-day...

The article goes on to point out that we have in essence artificially created (through technology) a parallel to the old stories about unseen creatures.

In some ways, it seems maybe a bit forced, but I agree with the overall argument. It’s certainly a very interesting idea, at least to me.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-but-interesting-take-on-virtual-and-augmented-reality/764448/2 "2016-08-30T06:30:46Z")

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Yeah, sort of. The key difference is that we’ve not recreated the ability for those unseen creatures to directly act upon the seen world; [del]goblins[/del] Pokemon exist in an [del]unseen realm[/del] networked AR that can only be perceived using a [del]special amulet[/del] suitably equipped smartphone…

But Pokemon can’t just turn up and chew your legs off in the middle of the night.