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The vast majority of our human experiences are already imaginary, if you count books, movies, televisions, and even song lyrics (about heartbreak, hope, depress
by matthew-wegner 10y ago
The vast majority of our human experiences are already imaginary, if you count books, movies, televisions, and even song lyrics (about heartbreak, hope, depression). I think people will always strive for more variety and breadth of experience, and that will always include road trips, hikes, visits to new cities, and whatever else you might be worried about losing...
- l33tbro 10y agoThis is a classic HN contrarian point of view that doesn't address this persons actual concerns. What you're saying is true, but AR/VR is magnitudes of scale more immersive than any tool or artform human's have had. You talk about IRL things like trips, hikes, etc - but AR will become so integrated into those experiences that the patina of Reality (which OP is talking about) may very well all but disappear.