For Want of a Nail (VR-glasses in communication) | Database of Machine Vision in Art, Games and Narratives

Brief description

All the members of Rava's family use VR-glasses. They are used to communicate both with Cordelia (AI) and with other family members.

In the first scene, Rava realises that Cordelia will not be able to either communicate or mediate communication that happens via her family member's VR-glasses for as long as her transmitter socket remains damaged. Furthermore, she will not be able to record and upload any more of Rava's family history, memories, etc.

In the second scene, Rava is calling Uncle Georgo using the VR-glasses to ask what kind of cable Cordelia uses. She needs the cable to plug Cordelia into the ship's system, to make it possible for her to remember where the spare socket may be.

Pull Quotes

"Gritting her teeth, Rava toggled the keyboard and called Uncle Georgo. His extension rang longer than she was used to. When he finally toggled in. Appearing in her VR glasses as though he were in the room with them, his eyes were read and puffy, as if he'd been crying." (Kindle Loc 70)

"Births, deaths, marriages, school marks... All of it was managed through the AI, who could be with every family member at all times through their VR-glasses." (Kindle Loc 112)