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The Matrix. No really. Some form of "The Matrix". Think about it. Look at our world. All the land has already been claimed. There's no where new left to go to.
by ChrisNorstrom 15y ago
The Matrix.
No really. Some form of "The Matrix". Think about it. Look at our world. All the land has already been claimed. There's no where new left to go to. If society wanted to start over and try out a new government that's next to impossible without serious bloodshed because there's no land left to escape to and settle on. You have to take it from someone else. Just look at the Palistinian/Israeli conflict. Ownership over one little strip of land has caused so much bloodshed and destroyed so many lives. On top of that, all the good spots have already been taken (fertile land). But with virtual reality you can simulate all of these things.
In it's current form "second life" is a sad representation of virtual reality because of a lack of advancement in the underlying technology. The way we build worlds, the limitation of their size, the way we render 3D environments, the way we allow people to control their limited actions in that world are all very pathetic at the moment.
But looking at brain wave readers, simulators, contact lens displays. In the future Virtual Reality will be the ultimate escape. Look at how desperate people are to escape reality already. They drink themselves to near death, LSD, Weed, hallucinogens, meth, anti-depressants. People are so desperate to escape the pain of reality that they are even willing to self destruct and put themselves in deliberate harm. So if you can make a way for people to fulfill their dreams safely, you've hit gold. Better than gold actually. Hope. Happiness. Life. What every human being wants. Fuck the gold. You can bypass it.
- gaelian 15y agoI wonder if ultra-realistic VR would be easier or harder to achieve than colonizing the sea.
- ChrisNorstrom 15y agoHmmmmm. VR would be less risky and less maintenance, it would be more software based rather than hardware and construction based. So I'd guess the ultra-realistic VR would be easier.
- Cushman 15y agoI think worrying about the realism of VR misses the mark. We know that we can create a thoroughly compelling virtual universe with black-and-white text on paper. Graphics are relatively unimportant; intelligent people have spent years of their life staring at Dwarf Fortress. Before that it was Dungeons and Dragons. I'm sure I'm not alone in the opinion that the most groundbreaking gaming experience to date is not a Battlefield, Elder Scrolls or Mass Effect game, but Minecraft with a hi-res texture pack. [0] The only thing missing is the same thing that has always been missing, and the only real reason that hallucinogens or opiates don't fill this hole already: Some kind of meaningful connection to the real world. Sure, play around with your brain interfaces or augmented reality displays, but don't expect that to be your revolution-- as soon as somebody builds the most trivial Minecraft server mod that means you can create enough real-world value to feed and house yourself just by playing the game, that will become the sole activity of several hundred million people at least. Although I expect they'll find what superstars and drug addicts alike have long since realized: in the long run, having all of your dreams fulfilled, just like regular life, evens out to about "Meh." [0] Which will blow your mind, if you haven't seen it. ex. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raR9kd0fGuY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raR9kd0fGuY