EXCERPT The year is 2030 and, as much as the numen of Hades1 has influenced and shaped the topography of holographic culture, it is in fact the Erotes—the winged retinue of Aphrodite—that initially direct its business. To this end, a venereal system coming out of ‘Electronics Avenue’ (Zhongguancun) in China instantly captivates a holocore generation and, in doing so, cracks the market wide open. Shorn of the lumpen wavefront hardware necessary for large commercial venues, this new system has been miniaturised for household operation…