Revisionist History: Alter your personal reality

Daily, our politicians rewrite our history books, journalists skew the facts, photographers create false images of war, and scientists to tell us there are no longer 9 planets in our solar system.

Rest assured, corporations are now doing their part to help their customers alter reality.

News.com reports: Digital cameras focus on revised reality

Photo-adjusting features that once required a PC and special know-how are now allowing consumers to alter a photo as soon as it’s snapped.

With new tools, average people can create their own “pictures that lie” at the moment of capture, without any trace of the real image that was seen with the naked eye.

HP recently released in-camera editing feature ["Slimming Tool"] that makes a person appear more svelte.

A “skin tone” feature on some Olympus models can give consumers a leisure-class tan.

News.com did some homework and dug up 24 examples of famous doctored photos: Pictures that lie

More and more people are now creating virtual personas of themselves and retreating into virtual worlds, such as Second Life, and video games.

What does this teach our children? Don’t worry, we can erase from history what you don’t like. Just throw some money at it and a bit of time.

My parents taught me to own up to my mistakes and make the best of what I have.

So, why can’t we all just be happy with reality?
-Roland

Roland Reinhart is an interactive marketing professional who accepts his own reality. His observations can be found at Chaos365.com and AdMadMan.com.

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