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The rapid progress in VR -- the fact that our reality is so amenable to it -- is evidence that we're already soaking in it. Dial up touch interfaces to 11 along
by hirundo 7y ago
The rapid progress in VR -- the fact that our reality is so amenable to it -- is evidence that we're already soaking in it. Dial up touch interfaces to 11 along with the other senses, and you could convince a baby that it is experiencing reality. If the baby grows up in a VR suit to become a physicist, she could discover the laws of nature in terms of frame rates and pixel densities.
The great challenge of VR science is finding the off button. But then, if we find it, we're just at the start of the same quest again.
- oliveshell 7y agoFinding the off button isn’t difficult: all you have to do is rip off the uncomfortable hardware that’s clamped to your face. I’d argue that the “great challenge” is developing a system where the user doesn’t become sweaty or get a headache after a few hours.
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- pfisch 7y agoI think the op is suggesting that we are all in vr all the time like the matrix.
- svantana 7y agoThat's a bit like saying the fact that turtles have very hard shells is evidence that the earth is balancing on a giant turtle. There were a bunch of movies in the late 90's about reality being virtual (the matrix, the 13th floor, existenz), but somehow it was the one without VR that was the most prophetic (the truman show).