<s>
The	O
virtuality	B-General_Concept
continuum	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
continuous	O
scale	O
ranging	O
between	O
the	O
completely	O
virtual	B-Application
,	O
a	O
virtuality	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
completely	O
real	O
,	O
reality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reality	B-General_Concept
–	I-General_Concept
virtuality	I-General_Concept
continuum	I-General_Concept
therefore	O
encompasses	O
all	O
possible	O
variations	O
and	O
compositions	O
of	O
real	O
and	O
virtual	B-Application
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
concept	O
in	O
new	O
media	O
and	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
in	O
fact	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
considered	O
a	O
matter	O
of	O
anthropology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
area	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
extremes	O
,	O
where	O
both	O
the	O
real	O
and	O
the	O
virtual	B-Application
are	O
mixed	O
,	O
is	O
called	O
mixed	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
in	O
turn	O
is	O
said	O
to	O
consist	O
of	O
both	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
,	O
where	O
the	O
virtual	B-Application
augments	O
the	O
real	O
,	O
and	O
augmented	O
virtuality	B-Application
,	O
where	O
the	O
real	O
augments	O
the	O
virtual	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
continuum	O
has	O
been	O
extended	O
into	O
a	O
two-dimensional	O
plane	O
of	O
virtuality	B-Application
and	O
mediality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taxonomy	O
of	O
reality	O
,	O
virtuality	B-Application
,	O
mediality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
continuum	O
across	O
the	O
virtuality	B-Application
axis	O
,	O
V	O
,	O
includes	O
reality	O
augmented	O
with	O
graphics	O
(	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
graphics	O
augmented	O
by	O
reality	O
(	O
augmented	O
virtuality	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
taxonomy	O
also	O
includes	O
modification	O
of	O
reality	O
or	O
virtuality	B-Application
or	O
any	O
combination	O
of	O
these	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
up	O
this	O
axis	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
we	O
can	O
find	O
mediated	O
reality	O
,	O
mediated	O
virtuality	B-Application
,	O
or	O
any	O
combination	O
of	O
these	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
up	O
and	O
to	O
the	O
right	O
,	O
we	O
have	O
virtual	B-Application
worlds	O
that	O
are	O
responsive	O
to	O
a	O
severely	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
reality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
virtuality	B-General_Concept
continuum	I-General_Concept
has	O
grown	O
and	O
progressed	O
past	O
labels	O
such	O
as	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
and	O
new	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
such	O
items	O
have	O
made	O
once	O
clear	O
distinctions	O
like	O
online	O
and	O
offline	O
obsolete	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
distinctions	O
between	O
reality	O
and	O
virtuality	B-Application
have	O
become	O
blurred	O
as	O
people	O
are	O
incorporating	O
and	O
relying	O
heavily	O
upon	O
virtuality	B-Application
within	O
their	O
everyday	O
personal	O
realities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daniel	O
Miller	O
and	O
Don	O
Slater	O
are	O
prominent	O
researchers	O
pursuing	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
the	O
virtuality	B-General_Concept
continuum	I-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
media	O
and	O
its	O
effect	O
on	O
communities	O
,	O
especially	O
in	O
the	O
Caribbean	O
,	O
most	O
notably	O
Trinidad	O
and	O
Jamaica	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Woolgar	O
is	O
another	O
researcher	O
who	O
has	O
established	O
four	O
rules	O
of	O
virtuality	B-Application
.	O
</s>
