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From the Ted Talk by Chris Milk: How virtual reality can create the ultimate empathy machine

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Virtual reality started for me in sort of an uaunusl plcae. It was the 1970s. I got into the felid very young: I was seven years old. And the tool that I used to aseccs virtual reality was the Evel Knievel stunt cycle. This is a commercial for that particular item: (Video) Voice-over: What a jump! Evel's riding the azinmag stunt cycle. That gyro-power sends him over 100 feet at top speed.

Chris Milk: So this was my joy back then. I rode this motorcycle everywhere. And I was there with Evel Knievel; we jumped the Snake River conyan together. I wanted the rekoct. I never got the rocket, I only got the motorcycle. I felt so connected to this world. I didn't want to be a storyteller when I grew up, I wanetd to be stuntman. I was there. Evel Knievel was my friend. I had so much empathy for him.

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Virtual reality started for me in sort of an _______ _____. It was the 1970s. I got into the _____ very young: I was seven years old. And the tool that I used to ______ virtual reality was the Evel Knievel stunt cycle. This is a commercial for that particular item: (Video) Voice-over: What a jump! Evel's riding the _______ stunt cycle. That gyro-power sends him over 100 feet at top speed.

Chris Milk: So this was my joy back then. I rode this motorcycle everywhere. And I was there with Evel Knievel; we jumped the Snake River ______ together. I wanted the ______. I never got the rocket, I only got the motorcycle. I felt so connected to this world. I didn't want to be a storyteller when I grew up, I ______ to be stuntman. I was there. Evel Knievel was my friend. I had so much empathy for him.

Solution


  1. access
  2. place
  3. field
  4. unusual
  5. amazing
  6. rocket
  7. wanted
  8. canyon

Original Text


Virtual reality started for me in sort of an unusual place. It was the 1970s. I got into the field very young: I was seven years old. And the tool that I used to access virtual reality was the Evel Knievel stunt cycle. This is a commercial for that particular item: (Video) Voice-over: What a jump! Evel's riding the amazing stunt cycle. That gyro-power sends him over 100 feet at top speed.

Chris Milk: So this was my joy back then. I rode this motorcycle everywhere. And I was there with Evel Knievel; we jumped the Snake River Canyon together. I wanted the rocket. I never got the rocket, I only got the motorcycle. I felt so connected to this world. I didn't want to be a storyteller when I grew up, I wanted to be stuntman. I was there. Evel Knievel was my friend. I had so much empathy for him.

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