VIRTUAL REALITY 1 VIRTUAL REALITY: IS IT REAL? Ronald Villanueva Hernandez Lyceum of the Philippines University – Batangas Master in Business Administration 504 Professor Roselie B. Alday July 24‚ 2014 VIRTUAL REALITY 2 Abstract The contemporary world is greatly characterized with the usage of highly developed technology‚ tools‚ gadgets‚ and appliances. One just needs to look around him to see the truth to this statement. Be it in business‚ education‚ travel‚ medical‚
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television sets are at risk of losing their signals on February 17‚ 2009‚ if consumers do not make the transition to DTV. Analog vs Digital Analog TV – AM vestigial sideband 6 MHz of bandwidth per channel plus the audio High power transmitters for coverage – 45 to 75KW Avg. Out ~300KW to 5MW ERP Noise and multi-path interference common Digital TV – 8VSB MPEG-2 Stream 6 Mhz Channel can produce multiple programs viewable with ATSC tuner
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Violence on TV. What has the world come to these days? I often seem like everywhere one looks. Violence rears its ugly head. We see it in the streets‚ back alleys‚ school‚ and even at home. The last of these is major source of violence. In many people’s living rooms there sits an outlet for violence that often goes unnoticed. It is the television‚ and the children who view it are often pulled into its realistic world of violence scenes with sometimes devastating results. The truth about television
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The Truman Show “Meryl described the Truman show as “a blessed life”. To what extent do you agree?” Some aspects of Peter Weir’s film ‘The Truman Show”‚ can lead you to believe that the participants have truly blessed lives. However‚ other aspects of the show prove that‚ in reality‚ life within The Truman Show is truly damned. The viewer’s perspective on life determines whether life in the Truman Show is blessed or not. While Meryl states that The Truman Show is “a truly blessed life”
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Guns are a Danger to Society Just imagine sitting in a movie theater around midnight and suddenly some mad man comes in and begins shooting. On July 20‚ 2012 that’s what happened at a Century Movie Theater in Aurora Colorado‚ which resulted in about twelve people that lost their lives and about 58 other’s injured‚ including a baby. (Wikipedia‚ n.d.)There are several arguments that always comes up in the defense of gun use‚ which are guns don’t kill people‚ people kill people‚ guns reduce crime and
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Reality television has strong influence and damaging effects on our society. But let’s face it‚ we feed on the drama. We love to absorb another life other than our own. Along with it comes the misconception of reality which distorts how one believes they have to behave to gain fame or attention. Reality television is bad for culture because it only elevates money‚ beauty‚ and fame above other qualities by promoting inappropriate behavior such as bullying‚ casual sex‚ alcohol abuse and bad language
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1005 There is a new phenomenon taking over our television it is called the Kardashians. Whether you watch the show or not‚ you know they exist. Keeping up the the Kardashian is an American reality television series that premired on October 14‚ 2007. It follows the lives of the Kardashian/ Jenner family‚ including sister Kourtney‚ Kim‚ Rob and Khloe Kardashian. Other members of the show include Scott Disick‚ Bruce‚ Kris‚ Kylie and Kendall Jenner. The series success has led to 4 spin- offs that include
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An interesting character in the film The Truman Show’ by Peter Weir was Truman Burbank‚ played by Jim Carrey. The film is about a reality TV show which revolves around the life of unaware Truman. His life has been broadcasted to the world ever since his birth. In Truman’s world everything is fake except for him. What I find so interesting about the character is the way he reacts to his environment and how he manages to discover what he truly is. We first see Truman as cheerful and friendly. He
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Neil Postman ’s Amusing Ourselves To Death: Public Discourse in The Age Of Show Business. Chapter 8 Pages 114-117. There is an evangelical preacher on television that goes by the name of Reverend Terry. She appears to be in her early fifties‚ and features a coiffure of which it has been said that it cannot be mussed‚ only broken. Reverend Terry is energetic and folksy‚ and uses a style of preaching modeled on early Miltion Berle. When her audiences are shown in reaction shots‚ they are almost
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entertainment‚ TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytime television. Many of us have seen and heard the often recycled topics found on such shows as Jerry Springer and Oprah Winfrey. And anyone who watches talk shows on a regular basis knows that each one varies in style and format. One might enjoy watching the sometimes trashy subject matter found on Jerry Springer‚ while someone else might prefer the more serious and light hearted feel of the Oprah Winfrey show. A talk show is should
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