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Only goofy asocial types think that you can actually replace actual human interactions with virtual reality. Would you rather actually meet your friends, or hav
by mikevm 5y ago
Only goofy asocial types think that you can actually replace actual human interactions with virtual reality. Would you rather actually meet your friends, or have your virtual avatars meet up in some fake VR world?
- wan23 5y agoI'm sure someone said something similar when they first heard of the telephone.
- Animats 5y agoThat's an important point. Matthew Ball, the venture capitalist, made the insightful comment a few months back that COVID-19 changed that. It is now possible to use a virtual world without being considered a loser.
- mikevm 5y agoBy the way, I'm a goofy introvert myself, so I hope people don't see that as an insult or anything :). COVID-19 might've made remote work mainstream, but I don't think it will fundamentally change the way we interact with other people in our social life. I think given the choice, most people would rather go out to pubs, restaurants, parties, etc... to experience other people face to face rather than be stuck in a virtual world. The virtual world was a last resort. Even during lockdowns people had underground parties (I've even been in a few!). I personally grew up spending much of my high school years in IRC chatrooms, having virtual friendships with anonymous people. But I'm an introvert, and most other kids did not share my experience so I'm a bit skeptical on the mass appeal of these virtual worlds.
- satyrnein 5y agoUsed to be goofy asocial types on Usenet/IRC/etc, now the whole world communicates via Facebook/Twitter/etc. So it's hard to say!