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3 files changed, 317 insertions, 312 deletions

diff --git a/app/component.moon b/app/component.moon
index 6dd2999..6ce76bc 100644
--- a/app/component.moon
+++ b/app/component.moon
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ with exports = {
   }
   add = (e) -> exports[e] = (...) -> ReactiveElement e, ...
 
-  for e in *{'div', 'form', 'span', 'article', 'a', 'p', 'button', 'ul', 'ol', 'li', 'i', 'b', 'u', 'tt'} do add e
+  for e in *{'div', 'form', 'span', 'a', 'p', 'button', 'ul', 'ol', 'li', 'i', 'b', 'u', 'tt'} do add e
+  for e in *{'article', 'section', 'header', 'footer', 'content'} do add e
   for e in *{'br', 'img', 'input', 'p', 'textarea'} do add e
   for i=1,8 do add "h" .. i
diff --git a/app/realities.moon b/app/realities.moon
index d542762..b9d79c6 100644
--- a/app/realities.moon
+++ b/app/realities.moon
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 window = js.global
 { :document, :eval } = window
 
-import asnode, h1, h2, p, a, i, div, ol, li, br, span, button, article from require './component.moon'
+import asnode, h1, h2, p, a, i, div, ol, li, br, span, button, section, article from require './component.moon'
 require 'svg.js'
 
 SVG =
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ references = ->
     for id, src in pairs sources
       \append li { :id, src\long! }
 
+sect = (label) ->
+  with section style: 'page-break-inside': 'avoid'
+    \append h2 label
+
 document.body\append asnode with article style: { margin: 'auto', 'max-width': '750px' }
   \append div 'Sol Bekic', style: 'text-align': 'right'
 
@@ -167,322 +171,322 @@ document.body\append asnode with article style: { margin: 'auto', 'max-width': '
     div "a Taxonomy for Multi-Reality Experiences", style: 'font-size': '0.6em'
   }
 
-  \append h2 "Abstract"
-  \append p "With the development of mixed-reality experiences and the development of the corresponding interface
-    devices multiple frameworks for classification of these experiences have been proposed. However these past
-    attempts have mostly been developed alongside and with the intent of capturing specific projects ",
-    (ref 'Marsh', 'Billinghurst'), " or are nevertheless very focused on existing methods and technologies ",
-    (ref 'Milgram'), ". The existing taxonomies also all assume physical reality as a fixpoint and constant and are
-    thereby not suited to describe many fictional mixed-reality environments and altered states of consciousness.
-    In this paper we describe a new model for describing such experiences and examplify it's use with currently
-    existing as well as idealized  technologies from popular culture."
-
-  \append h2 "Terminology"
-  \append p "We propose the following terms and definitions that will be used extensively for the remainder of the paper:"
-  for term, definition in pairs {
-    "layer of reality": "a closed system consisting of a world model and a set of rules or dynamics operating on and
-      constraining said model.",
-    "world model": "describes a world state containing objects, agents and/or concepts on an arbitrary abstraction level.",
-    break: 1,
-    "reality stack": "structure consisting of all layers of reality encoding an agent's interaction with his environment
-      in their world model at a given moment, as well as all layers supporting these respectively."
-    next: 2,
-    "physical reality": "layer of reality defined by physical matter and the physical laws acting upon it.
-      While the emergent phenomena of micro- and macro physics as well as layers of social existence etc. may be seen
-      as separate layers, for the purpose of this paper we will group these together under the term of physical reality."
-    "mental reality": "layer of reality perceived and processed by the brain of a human agent.",
-    "digital reality": "layer of reality created and simulated by a digital system, e.g. a virtual reality game."
-    "phys, mind, digi": "abbreviations for physical, mental and digital reality respectively.",
-  }
-    if 'number' == type definition
-      \append document\createElement 'hr'
-      continue
-    \append with div style: { 'margin-left': '2rem' }
-      \append span term, style: {
-        display: 'inline-block',
-        'margin-left': '-2rem',
-        'font-weight': 'bold',
-        'min-width': '140px'
-      }
-      \append span definition
-
-  \append h2 "Introduction"
-  \append p "We identify two different types of relationships between layers in multi-reality environment.
-    The first is layer nesting. Layer nesting describes how some layers are contained in other layers; i.e. they exist
-    within and can be represented fully by the parent layer's world model while the child layer's rules emerge from the
-    parent layer's dynamics. Layer nesting is visualized on the vertical axis in the following diagrams.
-    For each layer of reality on the bottom of the diagram the nested parent layers can be found by tracing a line upwards
-    to the top of the diagram."
-
-  \append p "The second type of relationship describes the information flow between a subject and the layers of reality
-    the subject is immersed in. In a multi-reality experience the subject has access to multiple layers of reality and
-    their corresponding world models simultaneously.", br!,
-    "Depending on the specific experience, different types of and directions for information exchange
-    can exist between these layers and the subject's internal representation of the experience.
-    For the sake of this paper we distinguish only between ", (i "input"), " and ", (i "output"), " data flow (from the
-    perspective of the subject); categorized loosely as information the subject receives from the environment
-    (", (i "input"), ", e.g. visual stimuli) and actions the subject can take to influence the state of the world model
-    (", (i "output"), ", e.g. motor actions) respectively."
-
-  \append p "In the following diagrams, information flow is visualized horizontally, in the region below the dashed line
-    at the bottom of the diagram. The subject's internal mental model and layer of reality are placed on the bottom left
-    side of the diagram.
-    The layers of reality that the subject experiences directly and that mirror it's internal representations are placed
-    on the far right. There may be multiple layers of reality sharing this space, visualized as a vertical stack of
-    layers. Since the subject must necessarily have a complete internal model of the multi-reality experience around
-    him to feel immersed, the subject's mental layer of reality must span the full height of all the layers visible
-    on the right side of the diagram.", br!,
-    "Information flow itself is now visualized concretely using arrows that cross layer boundaries in the lower part of
-    the diagram as described above. Arrows pointing leftwards denote ", (i "input"), " flow, whilst arrows pointing
-    rightwards denote ", (i "output"), "-directed information flow. In some cases information doesn't flow directly
-    between the layers the subject is directly aware of and the subject's internal representation and instead
-    traverses ", (i "intermediate layers"), " first."
-
-  \append p "Before we take a look at some reality stacks corresponding to current VR and AR technology,
-    we can take a look at waking life as a baseline stack. To illustrate the format of the diagram we will compare it
-    to the stack corresponding to a dreaming state:"
-
-  \append with figures!
-    \append addlabel "Waking Life", with Diagram!
-      \mind!
-      \inout!
-      \phys!
-
-      \next!
-      \phys '', 2
-      \finish!
-
-    \append addlabel "Dreaming", with Diagram!
-      \mind!
-      \phys!
-      \finish!
-
-  \append p "In both cases, the top of the diagram is fully occupied by the physical layer of reality, colored in green.
-    This is due to the fact that, according to the materialistic theory of mind, human consciousness owes its existance
-    to the physical and chemical dynamics of neurons in our brains. Therefore our mental reality must be considered
-    fully embedded in the physical reality, and consequently it may only appear underneath it in the diagram."
-
-  \append p "During waking life, we concern ourselves mostly with the physical reality surrounding us.
-    For this reason the physical reality is placed in the lower right corner of the diagram as the layer holding the
-    external world model relevant to the subject. Information flows in both directions between the physical world model
-    and the subject's mental model, as denoted by the two white arrows: Information about the state of the world model
-    enter the subjects mind via the senses (top arrow, pointing leftwards), and choices the subject makes inside of and
-    based on his mental model can feed back into the physical layer through movements (lower arrow, pointing rightwards)."
-
-  \append p "In the dreaming state on the other hand, the subject is unaware of the physical layer of reality, though
-    the mind remains embedded inside it. When dreaming, subjects' mental models don't depend on external models, hence
-    the mental layer of reality must be the only layer along the bottom of the diagram."
-
-  \append h2 "Current Technologies"
-  \append p "Since recent technological advancements have enabled the development of VR and AR consumer devices,
-    AR and VR have been established as the potential next frontier of digital entertainment.", br!,
-    "As the names imply, the notion of reality is at the core of both technologies.
-    In the following section we will take a look at the respective stacks of both experience types:"
-
-  \append with figures!
-    \append addlabel "VR", with Diagram!
-      \mind!
-      \phys!
-      \inout nil, 1
-
-      \next!
-      \phys '', 2
-      \inout nil, 1
-
-      \next!
-      \digi!
-      \phys ''
-      \finish!
-
-
-    \append addlabel "AR", with Diagram!
-      \mind!
-      \inout nil, 1.25
-      \inn nil, 0.5
-      \phys!
-
-      \next!
-      \phys '', 2
-      \inn nil, .5
-
-      \next!
-      \digi nil, .5
-      \phys '', 1.5
-      \finish!
-
-  \append p "In both cases we find the physical layer of reality as an ", (i "intermediate layer"), " between the mental
-    and digital layers. Actions taken by the subject have to be acted out physically (corresponding to the
-    information traversing the barrier between mental and physical reality) before they can be again digitized using
-    the various tracking and input technologies (which in turn carry the information across the boundary of the physical
-    and digital spaces)."
-
-  \append p "The difference between AR and VR lies in the fact that in AR the subject experiences a mixture of the
-    digital and physical world models. This can be seen in the diagram, where we find that right of the diagram origin
-    and the mental model, the diagram splits and terminates in both layers: while information reaches the subject both
-    from the digital reality through the physical one, as well as directly from the physical reality, the subject only
-    directly manipulates state in the physical reality."
-
-  \append p "The data conversions necessary at layer boundaries incur at the least losses in quality and accuracy of
-    information for purely technical reasons. However ", (i "intermediate layers"), " come at a cost larger than just
-    an additional step of conversion:
-    For information to flow through a layer, it must be encodable within that layer’s world model.
-    This means that the 'weakest link' in a given reality stack determines the upper bound of information possible to
-    encode within said stack and thereby limits the overall expressivity of the stack.", br!,
-    "As a practical example we can consider creating an hypothetical VR application that allows users to traverse a
-    large virtual space by flying. While the human mind is perfectly capable of imagining to fly and control the motion
-    appropriately, it is extremely hard to devise and implement a satisfying setup and control scheme because the
-    physical body of the user needs to be taken into account and it, unlike the corresponding representations in the
-    mental and digital world models, cannot float around freely."
-
-  \append h2 "Future Developments"
-  \append p "In the previous section we found that the presence of the physical layer in the information path of
-    VR and AR stacks limits the experience as a whole. It follows that the removal of that indirection should be
-    an obvious goal for future developments:"
-
-  \append figures addlabel "holy grail of VR: 'The Matrix'", with Diagram!
-    \mind!
-    \inout!
-    \phys!
-
-    \next!
-    \digi!
-    \phys ''
-    \finish!
-
-  \append p "In the action movie 'The Matrix' ", (ref 'Matrix'), ", users of the titular VR environment interface with it
-    by plugging cables into implanted sockets that connect the simulation directly to their central nervous system.", br!,
-    "While these cables and implanted devices are physical devices, they don't constitute the presence of the 
-    physical layer of reality in the information path because while they do transmit information, the information
-    remains in either the encoding of the mental model (neural firing patterns) or the encoding of the digital model
-    (e.g. a numeric encoding of a player character's movement in digital space) and the conversion is made directly
-    between those two - the data never assumes the native encoding of the physical layer (e.g. as a physical motion)."
-
-  \append p "While we are currently far from being able to read arbitrary high-level information from the brain
-    or to synthesize sensual input in human perception by bypassing the sensory organs, brain-computer interfaces (BCI)
-    are a very active area of research with high hopes for comparable achievements in the near future."
-
-  \append p "Applying this same step of removing the physical layer of reality from AR, we end up with something similar
-    to the nano-particle drug in ", (i "Nexus"), " ", (ref 'Naam'), ".  However this does not grant the user a similar
-    amount of control over his experience as the holy grail of VR does, since the user and the physical part of the
-    environment remain bound by the physical layer of reality's laws.", br!,
-    "Instead the holy grail of AR is reached with the creation of a god machine that can manipulate the state of the
-    physical world according to the user's wishes. In this way the digital and physical realities become unified and
-    fully 'augmented'."
-
-  \append with figures!
-    \append addlabel "'Nexus'", with Diagram!
-      \mind!
-      \inout nil, 0.75
-      \inout nil, 1.25
-      \phys!
-
-      \next!
-      \digi nil, .5
-      \phys '', 1.5
-      \finish!
-
-    \append addlabel "holy grail of AR: 'Deus Machina'", with Diagram!
-      col = '#92807c'
-
+  \append with sect "Abstract"
+    \append p "With the development of mixed-reality experiences and the development of the corresponding interface
+      devices multiple frameworks for classification of these experiences have been proposed. However these past
+      attempts have mostly been developed alongside and with the intent of capturing specific projects ",
+      (ref 'Marsh', 'Billinghurst'), " or are nevertheless very focused on existing methods and technologies ",
+      (ref 'Milgram'), ". The existing taxonomies also all assume physical reality as a fixpoint and constant and are
+      thereby not suited to describe many fictional mixed-reality environments and altered states of consciousness.
+      In this paper we describe a new model for describing such experiences and examplify it's use with currently
+      existing as well as idealized  technologies from popular culture."
+
+  \append with sect "Terminology"
+    \append p "We propose the following terms and definitions that will be used extensively for the remainder of the paper:"
+    for term, definition in pairs {
+      "layer of reality": "a closed system consisting of a world model and a set of rules or dynamics operating on and
+        constraining said model.",
+      "world model": "describes a world state containing objects, agents and/or concepts on an arbitrary abstraction level.",
+      break: 1,
+      "reality stack": "structure consisting of all layers of reality encoding an agent's interaction with his environment
+        in their world model at a given moment, as well as all layers supporting these respectively."
+      next: 2,
+      "physical reality": "layer of reality defined by physical matter and the physical laws acting upon it.
+        While the emergent phenomena of micro- and macro physics as well as layers of social existence etc. may be seen
+        as separate layers, for the purpose of this paper we will group these together under the term of physical reality."
+      "mental reality": "layer of reality perceived and processed by the brain of a human agent.",
+      "digital reality": "layer of reality created and simulated by a digital system, e.g. a virtual reality game."
+      "phys, mind, digi": "abbreviations for physical, mental and digital reality respectively.",
+    }
+      if 'number' == type definition
+        \append document\createElement 'hr'
+        continue
+      \append with div style: { 'margin-left': '2rem' }
+        \append span term, style: {
+          display: 'inline-block',
+          'margin-left': '-2rem',
+          'font-weight': 'bold',
+          'min-width': '140px'
+        }
+        \append span definition
+
+  \append with sect "Introduction"
+    \append p "We identify two different types of relationships between layers in multi-reality environment.
+      The first is layer nesting. Layer nesting describes how some layers are contained in other layers; i.e. they exist
+      within and can be represented fully by the parent layer's world model while the child layer's rules emerge from the
+      parent layer's dynamics. Layer nesting is visualized on the vertical axis in the following diagrams.
+      For each layer of reality on the bottom of the diagram the nested parent layers can be found by tracing a line upwards
+      to the top of the diagram."
+
+    \append p "The second type of relationship describes the information flow between a subject and the layers of reality
+      the subject is immersed in. In a multi-reality experience the subject has access to multiple layers of reality and
+      their corresponding world models simultaneously.", br!,
+      "Depending on the specific experience, different types of and directions for information exchange
+      can exist between these layers and the subject's internal representation of the experience.
+      For the sake of this paper we distinguish only between ", (i "input"), " and ", (i "output"), " data flow (from the
+      perspective of the subject); categorized loosely as information the subject receives from the environment
+      (", (i "input"), ", e.g. visual stimuli) and actions the subject can take to influence the state of the world model
+      (", (i "output"), ", e.g. motor actions) respectively."
+
+    \append p "In the following diagrams, information flow is visualized horizontally, in the region below the dashed line
+      at the bottom of the diagram. The subject's internal mental model and layer of reality are placed on the bottom left
+      side of the diagram.
+      The layers of reality that the subject experiences directly and that mirror it's internal representations are placed
+      on the far right. There may be multiple layers of reality sharing this space, visualized as a vertical stack of
+      layers. Since the subject must necessarily have a complete internal model of the multi-reality experience around
+      him to feel immersed, the subject's mental layer of reality must span the full height of all the layers visible
+      on the right side of the diagram.", br!,
+      "Information flow itself is now visualized concretely using arrows that cross layer boundaries in the lower part of
+      the diagram as described above. Arrows pointing leftwards denote ", (i "input"), " flow, whilst arrows pointing
+      rightwards denote ", (i "output"), "-directed information flow. In some cases information doesn't flow directly
+      between the layers the subject is directly aware of and the subject's internal representation and instead
+      traverses ", (i "intermediate layers"), " first."
+
+    \append p "Before we take a look at some reality stacks corresponding to current VR and AR technology,
+      we can take a look at waking life as a baseline stack. To illustrate the format of the diagram we will compare it
+      to the stack corresponding to a dreaming state:"
+
+    \append with figures!
+      \append addlabel "Waking Life", with Diagram!
+        \mind!
+        \inout!
+        \phys!
+
+        \next!
+        \phys '', 2
+        \finish!
+
+      \append addlabel "Dreaming", with Diagram!
+        \mind!
+        \phys!
+        \finish!
+
+    \append p "In both cases, the top of the diagram is fully occupied by the physical layer of reality, colored in green.
+      This is due to the fact that, according to the materialistic theory of mind, human consciousness owes its existance
+      to the physical and chemical dynamics of neurons in our brains. Therefore our mental reality must be considered
+      fully embedded in the physical reality, and consequently it may only appear underneath it in the diagram."
+
+    \append p "During waking life, we concern ourselves mostly with the physical reality surrounding us.
+      For this reason the physical reality is placed in the lower right corner of the diagram as the layer holding the
+      external world model relevant to the subject. Information flows in both directions between the physical world model
+      and the subject's mental model, as denoted by the two white arrows: Information about the state of the world model
+      enter the subjects mind via the senses (top arrow, pointing leftwards), and choices the subject makes inside of and
+      based on his mental model can feed back into the physical layer through movements (lower arrow, pointing rightwards)."
+
+    \append p "In the dreaming state on the other hand, the subject is unaware of the physical layer of reality, though
+      the mind remains embedded inside it. When dreaming, subjects' mental models don't depend on external models, hence
+      the mental layer of reality must be the only layer along the bottom of the diagram."
+
+  \append with sect "Current Technologies"
+    \append p "Since recent technological advancements have enabled the development of VR and AR consumer devices,
+      AR and VR have been established as the potential next frontier of digital entertainment.", br!,
+      "As the names imply, the notion of reality is at the core of both technologies.
+      In the following section we will take a look at the respective stacks of both experience types:"
+
+    \append with figures!
+      \append addlabel "VR", with Diagram!
+        \mind!
+        \phys!
+        \inout nil, 1
+
+        \next!
+        \phys '', 2
+        \inout nil, 1
+
+        \next!
+        \digi!
+        \phys ''
+        \finish!
+
+
+      \append addlabel "AR", with Diagram!
+        \mind!
+        \inout nil, 1.25
+        \inn nil, 0.5
+        \phys!
+
+        \next!
+        \phys '', 2
+        \inn nil, .5
+
+        \next!
+        \digi nil, .5
+        \phys '', 1.5
+        \finish!
+
+    \append p "In both cases we find the physical layer of reality as an ", (i "intermediate layer"), " between the mental
+      and digital layers. Actions taken by the subject have to be acted out physically (corresponding to the
+      information traversing the barrier between mental and physical reality) before they can be again digitized using
+      the various tracking and input technologies (which in turn carry the information across the boundary of the physical
+      and digital spaces)."
+
+    \append p "The difference between AR and VR lies in the fact that in AR the subject experiences a mixture of the
+      digital and physical world models. This can be seen in the diagram, where we find that right of the diagram origin
+      and the mental model, the diagram splits and terminates in both layers: while information reaches the subject both
+      from the digital reality through the physical one, as well as directly from the physical reality, the subject only
+      directly manipulates state in the physical reality."
+
+    \append p "The data conversions necessary at layer boundaries incur at the least losses in quality and accuracy of
+      information for purely technical reasons. However ", (i "intermediate layers"), " come at a cost larger than just
+      an additional step of conversion:
+      For information to flow through a layer, it must be encodable within that layer’s world model.
+      This means that the 'weakest link' in a given reality stack determines the upper bound of information possible to
+      encode within said stack and thereby limits the overall expressivity of the stack.", br!,
+      "As a practical example we can consider creating an hypothetical VR application that allows users to traverse a
+      large virtual space by flying. While the human mind is perfectly capable of imagining to fly and control the motion
+      appropriately, it is extremely hard to devise and implement a satisfying setup and control scheme because the
+      physical body of the user needs to be taken into account and it, unlike the corresponding representations in the
+      mental and digital world models, cannot float around freely."
+
+  \append with sect "Future Developments"
+    \append p "In the previous section we found that the presence of the physical layer in the information path of
+      VR and AR stacks limits the experience as a whole. It follows that the removal of that indirection should be
+      an obvious goal for future developments:"
+
+    \append figures addlabel "holy grail of VR: 'The Matrix'", with Diagram!
       \mind!
       \inout!
-      \block col, ''
-
-      \next!
-      \block col, '', 2
-      .svg\plain('phys + digi')\attr(o fill: 'white', 'font-size': '14px')\move 6, -2 * GRID_H
-      \finish!
-
-  \append p "Despite the similarities of VR and AR, the two can be considered polar opposites, as becomes evident when
-    we compare their respective utopian implementations: they share the goal of allowing us to experience realities
-    different from the one we naturally inhabit, but while VR seeks to accomplish this by creating a new, nested reality
-    inside ours, thus giving us full control over it.
-    AR, on the other hand, is instead an attempt to retrofit our specific needs directly into the very reality we exist
-    in.", br!,
-    "This is in direct contrast with the popular notion of the 'reality-virtuality continuum' ", (ref 'Milgram'), ":
-    the reality-virtuality continuum places common reality and VR (virtuality) as the two extreme poles, while AR
-    is represented as an intermediate state between the two. Here however we propose to view instead AR and VR as the
-    respective poles and find instead reality at the centerpoint, where the two opposing influences 'cancel out'."
-
-  \append h2 "Conclusion and Further Work"
-  \append p "In this paper we have proposed a taxonomy and visualization style for multi-reality experiences, as well
-    as demonstrated it's flexibility by applying them as examples. Through the application of the proposed theory,
-    we have also gained a new and contrasting view on preceding work such as the reality-virtuality-continuum.
-    We have also found that the taxonomy can be used outside the research field of media studies and its use may extend
-    as far as philosophy of consciousness (see Appendix below)."
-
-  \append p "Further research could enhance the proposed theory with better and more concrete definitions.
-    In the future, the proposed taxonomy might be used to create a more extensive and complete classification
-    of reality stacks and to analyse the relationships between them."
-
-  \append h2 'References'
-  \append references!
-
-  \append h2 "Appendix: Relation to Theories of Mind"
-  \append p "This paper starts from a deeply materialistic point of view that borders on microphysicalism.
-    However it should be noted that the diagram style introduced above lends itself also to display other
-    philosophical theories of mind. As an example, the following graphics show a typical VR stack as interpreted by
-    Materialism, Cartesian Dualism and Solipsism respectively:"
-
-  \append with figures!
-    \append addlabel "VR in Materialism", with Diagram!
-      \mind!
-      \inout nil, 1
       \phys!
 
       \next!
-      \phys '', 2
-      \inout nil, 1
-
-      \next!
       \digi!
       \phys ''
-
-      \finish!
-
-    \append addlabel "VR in Solipsism", with Diagram!
-      \mind nil, 2
-      \inout nil, 1
-
-      \next!
-      \digi!
-      \mind ''
       \finish!
 
-    \append addlabel "VR in Cartesian Dualism", with Diagram!
-      \mind nil, 2
-      \inout nil, 1
-      \next!
-
-      \phys nil, 2
-      \inout nil, 1
-      \next!
-
-      \digi!
-      \phys ''
-      \finish!
-
-  \append p "However these philosophical theories of minds also constitute reality stacks by themselves and as such can
-    be compared directly:"
-
-  \append with figures!
-    \append addlabel "Materialism", with Diagram!
-      \mind!
-      \inout!
-      \phys!
-
-      \next!
-      \phys '', 2
-      \finish!
-
-    \append addlabel "Solipsism", with Diagram!
-      \mind!
-      \finish!
-
-    \append addlabel "Cartesian Dualism", with Diagram!
-      \mind!
-      \inout!
-      \next!
-
-      \phys!
-      \finish!
+    \append p "In the action movie 'The Matrix' ", (ref 'Matrix'), ", users of the titular VR environment interface with it
+      by plugging cables into implanted sockets that connect the simulation directly to their central nervous system.", br!,
+      "While these cables and implanted devices are physical devices, they don't constitute the presence of the 
+      physical layer of reality in the information path because while they do transmit information, the information
+      remains in either the encoding of the mental model (neural firing patterns) or the encoding of the digital model
+      (e.g. a numeric encoding of a player character's movement in digital space) and the conversion is made directly
+      between those two - the data never assumes the native encoding of the physical layer (e.g. as a physical motion)."
+
+    \append p "While we are currently far from being able to read arbitrary high-level information from the brain
+      or to synthesize sensual input in human perception by bypassing the sensory organs, brain-computer interfaces (BCI)
+      are a very active area of research with high hopes for comparable achievements in the near future."
+
+    \append p "Applying this same step of removing the physical layer of reality from AR, we end up with something similar
+      to the nano-particle drug in ", (i "Nexus"), " ", (ref 'Naam'), ".  However this does not grant the user a similar
+      amount of control over his experience as the holy grail of VR does, since the user and the physical part of the
+      environment remain bound by the physical layer of reality's laws.", br!,
+      "Instead the holy grail of AR is reached with the creation of a god machine that can manipulate the state of the
+      physical world according to the user's wishes. In this way the digital and physical realities become unified and
+      fully 'augmented'."
+
+    \append with figures!
+      \append addlabel "'Nexus'", with Diagram!
+        \mind!
+        \inout nil, 0.75
+        \inout nil, 1.25
+        \phys!
+
+        \next!
+        \digi nil, .5
+        \phys '', 1.5
+        \finish!
+
+      \append addlabel "holy grail of AR: 'Deus Machina'", with Diagram!
+        col = '#92807c'
+
+        \mind!
+        \inout!
+        \block col, ''
+
+        \next!
+        \block col, '', 2
+        .svg\plain('phys + digi')\attr(o fill: 'white', 'font-size': '14px')\move 6, -2 * GRID_H
+        \finish!
+
+    \append p "Despite the similarities of VR and AR, the two can be considered polar opposites, as becomes evident when
+      we compare their respective utopian implementations: they share the goal of allowing us to experience realities
+      different from the one we naturally inhabit, but while VR seeks to accomplish this by creating a new, nested reality
+      inside ours, thus giving us full control over it.
+      AR, on the other hand, is instead an attempt to retrofit our specific needs directly into the very reality we exist
+      in.", br!,
+      "This is in direct contrast with the popular notion of the 'reality-virtuality continuum' ", (ref 'Milgram'), ":
+      the reality-virtuality continuum places common reality and VR (virtuality) as the two extreme poles, while AR
+      is represented as an intermediate state between the two. Here however we propose to view instead AR and VR as the
+      respective poles and find instead reality at the centerpoint, where the two opposing influences 'cancel out'."
+
+  \append with sect "Conclusion and Further Work"
+    \append p "In this paper we have proposed a taxonomy and visualization style for multi-reality experiences, as well
+      as demonstrated it's flexibility by applying them as examples. Through the application of the proposed theory,
+      we have also gained a new and contrasting view on preceding work such as the reality-virtuality-continuum.
+      We have also found that the taxonomy can be used outside the research field of media studies and its use may extend
+      as far as philosophy of consciousness (see Appendix below)."
+
+    \append p "Further research could enhance the proposed theory with better and more concrete definitions.
+      In the future, the proposed taxonomy might be used to create a more extensive and complete classification
+      of reality stacks and to analyse the relationships between them."
+
+  \append with sect 'References'
+    \append references!
+
+  \append with sect "Appendix: Relation to Theories of Mind"
+    \append p "This paper starts from a deeply materialistic point of view that borders on microphysicalism.
+      However it should be noted that the diagram style introduced above lends itself also to display other
+      philosophical theories of mind. As an example, the following graphics show a typical VR stack as interpreted by
+      Materialism, Cartesian Dualism and Solipsism respectively:"
+
+    \append with figures!
+      \append addlabel "VR in Materialism", with Diagram!
+        \mind!
+        \inout nil, 1
+        \phys!
+
+        \next!
+        \phys '', 2
+        \inout nil, 1
+
+        \next!
+        \digi!
+        \phys ''
+
+        \finish!
+
+      \append addlabel "VR in Solipsism", with Diagram!
+        \mind nil, 2
+        \inout nil, 1
+
+        \next!
+        \digi!
+        \mind ''
+        \finish!
+
+      \append addlabel "VR in Cartesian Dualism", with Diagram!
+        \mind nil, 2
+        \inout nil, 1
+        \next!
+
+        \phys nil, 2
+        \inout nil, 1
+        \next!
+
+        \digi!
+        \phys ''
+        \finish!
+
+    \append p "However these philosophical theories of minds also constitute reality stacks by themselves and as such can
+      be compared directly:"
+
+    \append with figures!
+      \append addlabel "Materialism", with Diagram!
+        \mind!
+        \inout!
+        \phys!
+
+        \next!
+        \phys '', 2
+        \finish!
+
+      \append addlabel "Solipsism", with Diagram!
+        \mind!
+        \finish!
+
+      \append addlabel "Cartesian Dualism", with Diagram!
+        \mind!
+        \inout!
+        \next!
+
+        \phys!
+        \finish!
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