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Imagine someone combining this with the Apple Vision Pro...many people will simply opt out of reality and live in a digital world. Not that this is new, but I'l

Imagine someone combining this with the Apple Vision Pro...many people will simply opt out of reality and live in a digital world. Not that this is new, but I'll entice a lot more people than ever before.

pants2 3y ago
Basically the Holodeck.
- ilaksh 3y ago
  I was just thinking that -- I used to think the Holodeck was far-fetched. Now it seems like it's practically around the corner (with VR/XR glasses).
  - ctoth 3y ago
    Presumably the Post-atomic horror set back technology for a while, so we should be able to expect TNG-level technology before the war. This also explains why Kirk's Enterprise uses datatapes.
TechnicolorByte 3y ago
Had the same thought. Seems like we’re entering the era of generative AI and mixed reality in a very real way very soon. As much as I love the technology, I’m really not looking forward to this becoming ubiquitous. Time and time again we’ve allowed technological progress to outpace our ability to weight the societal pros ands cons. Smartphones and the rise of image-heavy social media has rapidly changed social norms. Watch a video of people out in public 20 years ago: no screen to distract them at bus stops, concert events, or while eating dinner with friends. And if that seems trite, consider how well correlated the rise in suicide rates is with the popularity of these technologies. Not sure if this makes me a luddite or if the feeling is common in this crowd.
m3kw9 3y ago
but you cannot walk/feel it, just watching. It's still a huge gap to reality, less so, but you will still feel it's fake very vividly because those senses are missing.
- kuprel 3y ago
  chips will have to come a long way for this to be generated in real time, but there's no reason a generated 3D environment can't be interactive
  - m3kw9 3y ago
    Maybe some sort of implants that can generate senses. Would be 100s of years because you can say simulate weight/pressure and pinpoint accuracy if feeling friction.
- dw_arthur 3y ago
  Watching it is enough for a lot of people. Watching 1080p first person extreme sport videos on youtube is almost too compelling to me. I have to turn it off because it feels addictive.
TealMyEal 3y ago
in their research paper it says "These capabilities suggest that continued scaling of video models is a promising path towards the development of highly-capable simulators of the physical and digital world, and the objects, animals and people that live within them*." they are well set on that happening

pants2 3y ago

Basically the Holodeck.

ilaksh 3y ago
I was just thinking that -- I used to think the Holodeck was far-fetched. Now it seems like it's practically around the corner (with VR/XR glasses).
- ctoth 3y ago
  Presumably the Post-atomic horror set back technology for a while, so we should be able to expect TNG-level technology before the war. This also explains why Kirk's Enterprise uses datatapes.

TechnicolorByte 3y ago

Had the same thought. Seems like we’re entering the era of generative AI and mixed reality in a very real way very soon. As much as I love the technology, I’m really not looking forward to this becoming ubiquitous. Time and time again we’ve allowed technological progress to outpace our ability to weight the societal pros ands cons. Smartphones and the rise of image-heavy social media has rapidly changed social norms. Watch a video of people out in public 20 years ago: no screen to distract them at bus stops, concert events, or while eating dinner with friends. And if that seems trite, consider how well correlated the rise in suicide rates is with the popularity of these technologies. Not sure if this makes me a luddite or if the feeling is common in this crowd.

m3kw9 3y ago

but you cannot walk/feel it, just watching. It's still a huge gap to reality, less so, but you will still feel it's fake very vividly because those senses are missing.

kuprel 3y ago
chips will have to come a long way for this to be generated in real time, but there's no reason a generated 3D environment can't be interactive
- m3kw9 3y ago
  Maybe some sort of implants that can generate senses. Would be 100s of years because you can say simulate weight/pressure and pinpoint accuracy if feeling friction.
dw_arthur 3y ago
Watching it is enough for a lot of people. Watching 1080p first person extreme sport videos on youtube is almost too compelling to me. I have to turn it off because it feels addictive.

TealMyEal 3y ago

in their research paper it says "These capabilities suggest that continued scaling of video models is a promising path towards the development of highly-capable simulators of the physical and digital world, and the objects, animals and people that live within them*." they are well set on that happening