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Sooo looking forward to being able to live fully in a virtual world. Virtual cash, virtual socially distanced "relationships" and friends, a virtual body so I d

by oliv__ 6y ago

Sooo looking forward to being able to live fully in a virtual world. Virtual cash, virtual socially distanced "relationships" and friends, a virtual body so I don't have to work out, and Neuralink attached to my brain (or whatever's left of that) so other people can make decisions for me. What a relief it's all coming together

judge2020 6y ago
This is super sci-fi but i'm wondering if we'll get anywhere near incubating a brain (or simulating existing brains) so that it doesn't have an aging body to deteriorate and render it useless (of course, this wouldn't solve other brain-damaging disease). A virtual environment would be used to simulate the inputs and record the outputs so that you effectively live longer//forever (perhaps you could choose to terminate at any time). This is basically the plot of San Junipero but with the vast resources going into ML, neuroscience, and anti-aging, it's not hard to imagine this being a possibility within the next 100 years.
playcache 6y ago
It's an interesting premise to look at where this tech will take us. Decades ago social media was seen as a technology to bring people together with no borders to share information in a possible new utopia. Even though elements of that have occured, we have seen that its also caused a myraid of mental health / well being issues by rigging into peoples reward systems where likes become dopamine hits with hours of each day spent endlessly scrowling through feeds. In a way this tech concerns me in that its another enitcing route to retreat from the natural world.
- throwaway3699 6y ago
  Same as television did?
JonathanFly 6y ago
>Sooo looking forward to being able to live fully in a virtual world. Virtual cash, virtual socially distanced "relationships" and friends, a virtual body so I don't have to work out A surprising aspect of VR is that this is actually the complete opposite, just how much your real body actually matters. VR is exhausting. 10 minutes of Thrill of the Fight and I'm physically incapable of continuing. An hour of Rec Room or Echo VR and I have to stop from the sweat buildup. Even hanging out and just talking VR Chat is so more physical (standing, actively interacting with both arms, potentially full body tracking) than sitting at a desk during the day job, more comparable to something like being at a conference where at the the end of day you really feel it, all the standing around and slow walking, since in total it was more than an average day.

by oliv__ 6y ago

judge2020 6y ago

This is super sci-fi but i'm wondering if we'll get anywhere near incubating a brain (or simulating existing brains) so that it doesn't have an aging body to deteriorate and render it useless (of course, this wouldn't solve other brain-damaging disease). A virtual environment would be used to simulate the inputs and record the outputs so that you effectively live longer//forever (perhaps you could choose to terminate at any time). This is basically the plot of San Junipero but with the vast resources going into ML, neuroscience, and anti-aging, it's not hard to imagine this being a possibility within the next 100 years.

playcache 6y ago

It's an interesting premise to look at where this tech will take us. Decades ago social media was seen as a technology to bring people together with no borders to share information in a possible new utopia. Even though elements of that have occured, we have seen that its also caused a myraid of mental health / well being issues by rigging into peoples reward systems where likes become dopamine hits with hours of each day spent endlessly scrowling through feeds. In a way this tech concerns me in that its another enitcing route to retreat from the natural world.

throwaway3699 6y ago
Same as television did?

JonathanFly 6y ago

>Sooo looking forward to being able to live fully in a virtual world. Virtual cash, virtual socially distanced "relationships" and friends, a virtual body so I don't have to work out A surprising aspect of VR is that this is actually the complete opposite, just how much your real body actually matters. VR is exhausting. 10 minutes of Thrill of the Fight and I'm physically incapable of continuing. An hour of Rec Room or Echo VR and I have to stop from the sweat buildup. Even hanging out and just talking VR Chat is so more physical (standing, actively interacting with both arms, potentially full body tracking) than sitting at a desk during the day job, more comparable to something like being at a conference where at the the end of day you really feel it, all the standing around and slow walking, since in total it was more than an average day.