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The Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics strikes again.[0] I'm taking the contrarian stance that "visiting" a disaster zone in VR is more engaged than just read

The Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics strikes again.[0] I'm taking the contrarian stance that "visiting" a disaster zone in VR is more engaged than just reading about it in the news, which is more engaged than not taking any interest at all, which is the default. "When you’re in VR yourself, the surroundings feel quite real. But that sense of empathy doesn’t extend well to people watching you as a virtual character on a 2D screen" -Zuckerberg, as per the article I think this effect did most of the damage. The cartoons involved are just the avatars, presumably each participant was not even seeing their own avatar. [0] https://blog.jaibot.com/the-copenhagen-interpretation-of-ethics/ https://blog.jaibot.com/the-copenhagen-interpretation-of-eth...

sremani 9y ago
Instead of talking the tech and how to apply the tools of technology, the media and their consumers are as usual scoring style points and mounting a lynching expedition. VR is a useful tool, for various parties including for planners to really "see" the devastation in 3D.
- _jal 9y ago
  > the media and their consumers are as usual scoring style points Zuckerberg's stunt was tacky as hell. He clearly demonstrated how laughably out-of-touch he is with the reality other people live in. You may care more about the tech, but it was like watching a spray-paint salesman hawk wares by spraying over masterpieces, except worse because we're talking about humans. Also, calling criticizing an out of touch goofball for being tacky a 'lynching expedition' is ludicrous. It isn't even a VR lynching. > VR is a useful tool, for various parties including for planners to really "see" the devastation in 3D. Stop and think about this for a minute. If you can get sufficiently detailed data for logistics planning (say, by driving Google Cars around), you're past the planning stage.

sremani 9y ago

Instead of talking the tech and how to apply the tools of technology, the media and their consumers are as usual scoring style points and mounting a lynching expedition. VR is a useful tool, for various parties including for planners to really "see" the devastation in 3D.

_jal 9y ago
> the media and their consumers are as usual scoring style points Zuckerberg's stunt was tacky as hell. He clearly demonstrated how laughably out-of-touch he is with the reality other people live in. You may care more about the tech, but it was like watching a spray-paint salesman hawk wares by spraying over masterpieces, except worse because we're talking about humans. Also, calling criticizing an out of touch goofball for being tacky a 'lynching expedition' is ludicrous. It isn't even a VR lynching. > VR is a useful tool, for various parties including for planners to really "see" the devastation in 3D. Stop and think about this for a minute. If you can get sufficiently detailed data for logistics planning (say, by driving Google Cars around), you're past the planning stage.