https://smashwords/books/view/282519 "Using advanced optical techniques, the device is able to receive ultra-high definition three-dimensional, live images with full, three hundred and sixty degree viewing aspect. To the viewer the images seem real, which they are; almost like actually being there. Sights and sounds are completely natural. Touch, taste and smell are still at the development stage, but will be available, I’m sure, in the not-too-distant future. Why Ubiquity? At the moment somewhat a misnomer, as only one location at a time may be chosen from the menu. But soon, I’m sure, we will have developed the capability to choose all locations simultaneously. Believe it or not, there is a commercially available version of Ubiquity, extreme wealth permitting, in operation as we speak. But we may get the opportunity to talk about that at a later date. Your devices are pre-programmed for the purposes of this demonstration, but go ahead, try them." All three quickly donned the equipment, to find they were shrouded in complete darkness. Then the void cleared, and an image appeared. They found themselves seated in what appeared to be the same room, but, in front of them, sitting in the fourth chair, was a man they instantly recognised as Charles B. Hatton. As the scene became clear, they realised there was something different about their surroundings. Ron Parker had vanished, and it appeared a cage of steel bars had been drawn around them. On closer inspection, they were able to determine that it was not just a single cage, but a cage inside a series of connecting cages, laid out in a square grid. Charles B. Hatton raised his hand to his face, and cleared his throat. “Good afternoon gentlemen. My name is Charles B. Hatton. Welcome to my world,” he said, “or at least, a metaphor for it. What you see around you is not an optical illusion; it is quite real. Only, the three of you are not actually here, you are in fact, still back at the farmhouse. You are experiencing a phenomenon we call ‘Ubiquity’, as I’m sure Mr. Parker explained. Using the wonders of modern technology, you have been ‘virtually’, to use an expression you may be more familiar with, transported to my ‘prison cell’ or, to be more precise, ‘cells’."
Posted on: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 06:08:21 +0000
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