see the thing is zosan is easily predicted to be my fave one piece ship, but then lawlu came outta left field and got my brain in an iron grip. it all started from me checking out a lawlu jp artist art on twt and got hooked, I See The Vision
decided to make a reel of my augmented reality artworks done over the past few months and MAN, it’s.......... suddenly hitting me just how absolutely nuts all of this is
six years ago, virtual reality was still firmly in the realm of science fiction. but now? not only is it real - but it’s possible to have a career working completely inside a virtual world where you have godlike controls over creation. (editing physics, light, gravity - and spawning things into existence on a whim? mind-mindbogglingly, this is somehow just my average workday)
I regularly spend so much time in-headset that it’s started re-wiring my brain; I think of landscapes and buildings as potential canvases for 3D digital artworks, and I sometimes struggle to differentiate virtual objects from reality. (I’ve tried to place real objects on virtual tables, and I instinctively step over/around virtual objects because of how REAL they appear and behave.)
our brains work by building a picture of reality via our sensory input, but what happens when that input is completely virtual? virtual reality is showing us that not only are our brains easily tricked, but that this is already happening even with the technology in its infancy. people using avatars with full-body tracking report ‘phantom sense’ sensations to virtual touch, heat, and cold - and haptic gloves & suits are in development that blur the lines between realities even further.
what will a world look like where we interact with cyperspace as if it was real? where you can meet with anyone, anywhere, in a virtual world you can both touch, hear, and (probably someday) smell or even taste? where job training, 3d design, therapy, education, etc. are all revolutionized by XR in the same way personal computers revolutionized them already?
what does a future look like where we don’t interact with digital media through a screen?
I don’t have the answers, but I think change is encroaching rapidly upon us all - and I think it’s gonna hit us faster than any of us can realize.
toshinori was very hyperactive as a child and had overall very high energy. so much so, you would hardly ever see him sitting still or even sitting down — even while watching tv or EATING. he was known for avoiding naps and practically never allowing his mother a proper break, which oftentimes led toshinori into TROUBLE — always finding something to wriggle his way into in an attempt to escape boredom.
from the young age of five, toshinori was enrolled in wrestling courses. not only did it give him a proper facet to work out most of that excess ENERGY when he was younger, but it also acted as a form of discipline as he grew older.
he honed his skills and continued participating in the sport throughout his entire early education. and it showed. he's won numerous titles over the years — it didn't take long for toshinori yagi to become a pretty well known name throughout the league. he was even on track to joining the junior olympic team, possibly PRO after that — it seemed like nothing and nobody could stop him. not even the tragic death of his parents, as he still managed to take home a title just a month after the tragedy.
it gave him something to focus on, to work towards — fueled his competitive spirit and drove him forward through a lot of muck in his life after his parent's passing. he continued his traditional training up until he was taken in by nana, his fighting style shifting a bit once his combat training with gran torino began — after being told by the older man that he can no longer rely on a rule set to determine the flow of battle, and that he'd have to work those "stupid wrestling moves" out of his system if he wants to have any chance of winning a real battle. while it hurt to hear considering how much he put into his past training, he understood where torino was coming from and focused on shifting his style to what we see from him today. though there are still glaringly obvious moments where his ten+ years of wrestling experience tend to shine through, even after so many years.
but yeah, picking a fight with all might is obviously very ill advised...
— but i just needed y'all to know that, picking a fight with toshinori isn't gonna end much better for you.