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Figures libres. Naissance de la philoselfie
(Freestyle. Birth of philoselfie)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 5.5.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | selfie, virtual reality
Summary | The word "selfie" was created in 2002. Then it was used to designate a picture of oneself taken with a smartphone. In 2013, "selfie" was chosen as word of the year. Elsa Godard explores in her book "Je selfie donc je suis" how this recent digital activity expresses different relationships: with oneself, others, time, space, language, desire. She also tries to understand the relationship between real and virtual.
Image Description | Photograph of a smartphone on a selfie stick.
Image Tags | selfie stick, smartphone
Tinder, Snapchat : tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir sur l'amour virtuel...
(Tinder, Snapchat: everything you ever wanted to know abotu virtual love...)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 4.1.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | online dating, virtual reality
Summary | Anne-Sophie Letac studies the effectiveness of virtual relationships. Does virtual love allow the same kind of intimacy than physical sex? Is it a real feeling or an illusion? Can people cheat on their partners if they have a virtual relationship? Virtual love can also be seen as a social progress.
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Les nouveaux terrains de jeu des géants du Net
(The new playground of the internet giants)
Newspaper | Les Echos
Date | 22.5.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Google, virtual reality
Summary | Google is going to launch "Home", an intelligent assistant that will be able to answer its users' questions, schedule an appointment, or answer emails. Google wants to catch up with Amazon, that released "Echo". Google also presented "Allo", an intelligent messaging app that can answer people's answers. Finally, Google also relies on virtual reality with its new platform called Daydream. Facebook presented something similar with its helmet "Oculus".
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