# Virtuality [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_reality) ( 1980s–present ) ## Description Cyberspace, virtual reality, and telepresence — the technological and artistic construction of experienced space that is not physically local, from early VR/cyberspace theory to contemporary telepresence art such as [[Eduardo Kac]]'s. ## Key Tags #virtuality #telepresence #virtual-reality ## Essential Works - Kac, Eduardo. *Cyberspace, Virtual Reality and Telepresence*. n.d. - Overview by telepresence-art pioneer [[Eduardo Kac]] linking cyberspace theory to art practice ## Details ### Key Theorists %% none yet %% ### Exemplary Practitioners - [[Eduardo Kac]] - telepresence artist and theorist; see ekac.org's Telepresence Art resource ### Related Concepts - [[Platform Studies]] - shares concern with networked/platform space - [[Surveillance]] - shares an interest in the conversion of physical space into data/network space ### Creative and Technical Practices %% none yet %% ### Associated Movements or Institutions %% none yet %% ## References ### Primary Sources Bibliography Kac, Eduardo. *Cyberspace, Virtual Reality and Telepresence*. n.d. ### Secondary Sources Bibliography "TELEPRESENCE ART." Accessed October 15, 2025. [https://www.ekac.org/telepresence.art._94.html](https://www.ekac.org/telepresence.art._94.html).