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This is how the "violet cusps" from The Eyes of the Overworld were made.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eyes_of_the_Overworld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

This is how the "violet cusps" from The Eyes of the Overworld were made.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eyes_of_the_Overworld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eyes_of_the_Overworld "There, Cugel finds two bizarre villages, one occupied by wearers of the magic violet lenses, the other by peasants who work on behalf of the lens-wearers, in hopes of being promoted to their ranks. The lenses cause their wearers to see, not their squalid surroundings, but the Overworld, a vastly superior version of reality where a hut is a palace, gruel is a magnificent feast, and peasant women are princesses — "seeing the world through rose-colored glasses" on a grand scale."

jamesjyu 4y ago
Also similar to Wizard of Oz where everyone has to wear green spectacles to protect their eyes, when in fact, it was to make the Emerald City seem greener and more spectacular than it actually was.
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z2 4y ago
"Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses have been specially designed to help people develop a relaxed attitude to danger. At the first hint of trouble, they turn totally black and thus prevent you from seeing anything that might alarm you." --Douglas Adams Maybe this tech is a continuum, but we've skipped past Adams straight to 2.0, and Overworld is 3.0.
selfhoster11 4y ago
In the same vein, a short sci-fi film "The Nostalgist" [0]. This film really opened my eyes regarding why we may not want devices that alter our perception of reality. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzCQtoQ8ypk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzCQtoQ8ypk
dekhn 4y ago
BTW, if you enjoy Tales of the Dying Earth, I recently read Cage of Souls, which is drawn in the same vein: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DPRW17S https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DPRW17S
adhesive_wombat 4y ago
Similar thing with the MASS system in a Black Mirror episode (Men Against Fire) where visual reality could be substituted by your implants (or rather using your implants, and by the people in control of them). And again in the Christmas special, which was more similar to this device in that it would block out certain things, or everything (though it was in software, and again under external control). Which sounds horrifying enough but was far from the worst thing in the episode.
- mistermann 4y ago
  Also often the same with "The Facts", "is", etc in our world.

jamesjyu 4y ago

Also similar to Wizard of Oz where everyone has to wear green spectacles to protect their eyes, when in fact, it was to make the Emerald City seem greener and more spectacular than it actually was.

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z2 4y ago

"Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses have been specially designed to help people develop a relaxed attitude to danger. At the first hint of trouble, they turn totally black and thus prevent you from seeing anything that might alarm you." --Douglas Adams Maybe this tech is a continuum, but we've skipped past Adams straight to 2.0, and Overworld is 3.0.

selfhoster11 4y ago

In the same vein, a short sci-fi film "The Nostalgist" [0]. This film really opened my eyes regarding why we may not want devices that alter our perception of reality. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzCQtoQ8ypk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzCQtoQ8ypk

dekhn 4y ago

BTW, if you enjoy Tales of the Dying Earth, I recently read Cage of Souls, which is drawn in the same vein: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DPRW17S https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DPRW17S

adhesive_wombat 4y ago

Similar thing with the MASS system in a Black Mirror episode (Men Against Fire) where visual reality could be substituted by your implants (or rather using your implants, and by the people in control of them). And again in the Christmas special, which was more similar to this device in that it would block out certain things, or everything (though it was in software, and again under external control). Which sounds horrifying enough but was far from the worst thing in the episode.

mistermann 4y ago
Also often the same with "The Facts", "is", etc in our world.