Notes
1. Dixon and Foster, 21st-Century Hollywood: Movies in the Era of Transformation, pp. 68–71, quoting Maine (Escapement).
2. Todd, “Eyes-On With The Oculus Rift And Our Virtual Reality Addicted Future,” in Birth. Movies. Death.
3. Ibid.
4. Hutchinson, “Five-Hour Play Sessions with an Oculus Rift are Giving Me “Grid Eyes,” in Ars Technica.
5. Seetharaman, “How Long Will Viewers Stay Immersed in Virtual Reality?” in the Wall Street Journal.
6. Bredow, as cited in Seetharaman, para. 4.
7. Sung, “VR and Vice: Are We Heading for Mass Addiction to Virtual Reality Fantasies?” in Wearable.
8. Stables, “Gaming, Gambling and Porn: Research Says VR is Set to Blast Off,” in Wearable.
9. Griffiths, as sighted in Sung, “VR and Vice,” para. 12.
10. Machulis, as cited in Sung, “VR and Vice,” para. 18.
11. Developers Website Forum, “VR Has Fright and Addiction Implications,” February 16, 2015.
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Wheeler Winston Dixon
Wheeler Winston Dixon is the James Ryan Professor of Film Studies, Coordinator of the Film Studies Program, Professor of English at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and, with Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, editor of the book series Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture for Rutgers University Press. His newest books are Black and White Cinema: A Short History (2015), Dark Humor in Films of the 1960s (2015), Cinema at the Margins (2013), Streaming: Movies, Media and Instant Access (2013); Death of the Moguls: The End of Classical Hollywood (2012); 21st Century Hollywood: Movies in the Era of Transformation (2011, co-authored with Gwendolyn Audrey Foster); A History of Horror (2010), and Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia (2009). Dixon's book A Short History of Film (2008, co-authored with Gwendolyn Audrey Foster) was reprinted six times through 2012. A second, revised edition was published in 2013; the book is a required text in universities throughout the world.