the texture is flattened to begin with..do you have a 3d monitor? I'm not talking about the illusion of texture, im talking about actual texture. This might as well be the difference between watching a play and watching a movie. I have lots and lots of art books, and in the art books are pretty high resolution pictures of all of these images, so none of this is new to me. The argument that Ian brought up was why go to a museum? Because it isn't the same fucking thing.
I remember when WWF came to town and i got to see wrestlers Chris Benoit, Jericho, Kane, Prince Albert, etc. As Chris Benoit walked down the isles he slapped many hands on his exit, mine being one. Now years later the guy is dead and worm food, and the only way you can see him is some virtual false way, or digging this ass up. Is it the same thing? No. Just like when The Scream got stollen, everyone thought they would never see the real thing again, until it supposedly got recovered and is on display again.
Lets talk about the Matrix..the movie. What is the difference between living in the virtual Matrix world, or living outside that box? One is real and the other is not. On top of that is this even reality?