Is VR (Virtual Reality) the start of something massive.

Think it will go more towards Total recall type of stuff first, we will be sedated or put in a trance for one of a better word like we are dreaming then the VR headsets will show us our chosen dream or scenario.

The sensation of touch and smell will just come from memory/minds like they do in dreams
 
Megahurtz400 said:
Also, how would the human brain react to being thrust into a VR world for 24 hours, then waking up into the "real" world?
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The problem occurs when the virtual world is unequivocally preferable to the real world, I.e. everything goes as the vr inhabitant plans it, so it becomes a utopia or ultimate escapism. At that stage what would be the point in living in the real world.
 
Finners said:
Think it will go more towards Total recall type of stuff first, we will be sedated or put in a trance for one of a better word like we are dreaming then the VR headsets will show us our chosen dream or scenario.

The sensation of touch and smell will just come from memory/minds like they do in dreams
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Will be marketed as a mental health solution for sure.
 
Haven't we been hearing that VR is the next big thing since the 90s?

To be honest I see augmented reality being more generally useful assuming a decent usable interface.
 
I think it will be big. The technology is vastly better than it was a decade or two ago. Significant work is being done to minimise fatigue on the eyes, and to work against any motion sickness. Once the sickness factor is beaten, everyone will want one.

At that point they will become readily available to most people. The possibilities are endless. It could potentially revolutionise aspects of society. You could hold work meetings through VR without having to travel (of course you can do this now, but the greater element of interaction could prove a huge benefit). You could even see what a car looked like in the spec you wanted at a dealership before ordering it. Or experience what a room might look like when decorated. Or use it for teaching, or training. Or pure escapism. I genuinely think if they do it right, it will be massive. The only thing is, you need one eco system, not competing types of VR.
 
Scrutinize said:
The problem occurs when the virtual world is unequivocally preferable to the real world, I.e. everything goes as the vr inhabitant plans it, so it becomes a utopia or ultimate escapism. At that stage what would be the point in living in the real world.
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Red Dwarf 'Better Than Life' springs to mind.

I suppose that this already exists to some degree with everything. TV, Internet, Sex, Food, Drugs...etc. Anything for that dopamine spike.

Like most addictions the question becomes; what is happiness? Temporary high/short-term pleasure, or long-term striving towards some ultimate goal/purpose?

This being said, we're all deluded to a certain extent anyway. Even our limited senses and physical bodies aren't actually capable of letting us view actual objective physical reality in it's true form.
 
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So I sat down earlier and watched the Matrix for the billionth time and it got me thinking.

VR is likely to take off in a big way this year and I think it will be the start of something HUGE, there is a phrase morpheus uses in the film that makes me wonder, exactly what VR will allow us to do in the future.

That phrase is, "what is real, if real is being able to see, touch and smell something, then real is nothing but a series of electrical signals in the brain". What if VR in the future will be able to manipulate just that, what if VR in the future will allow us to learn an infinite amount of things in an instant, what if VR becomes the main means of education for humans simply by plugging into a device?
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VR isnt new. we all know the potential of if someone can tap into it and bring what most people want. there lies the problem.

no one can.

everyone for last 1/2 yrs tried to get people hyped for VR. the thing is what holds it back is so simple !

its the scuba mask you have to wear to use it. :p

until a company can bring spectacle sized VR glasses then it will fail.

what is being done now isn't that new . in early 90s people were doing it but the size of the headset is smaller.

so my prediction is VR will start in maybe 5-10 yrs being big or " mainstream".


medical applications alone make it worth it never mind gaming.
 
It's been the next big thing multiple times. My favourite one was Virtuality in 1991, inside it was an Amiga 3000 :D

Still not convinced it'll become the go to device for games, but it's certainly an interesting possibility.

The ability to train doctors and throw all sorts of scenarios at them is a major advantage.
 
Have to agree that headsets are the barrier to the success of VR.

Just like nobody wants to sit in front of a TV wearing 3D glasses, nobody will want to wear a great big VR headset. In it's current form it just isn't going to take off for the mainstream.
 
Raymond Lin said:
You are taking quite a leap from VR into connecting your neuro pathway into electrical signals in a machine.

One is reality, one is fiction.
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No, not really. Both are reality.

http://www.livescience.com/22373-an-artificial-eye-that-can-see.html

I've also seen videos of people that tested the first cameras years ago that showed a VERY basic selection of colour differences directly to the brain. A lady at work has a hearing aid that connects directly into her head and is currently learning how to differentiate sounds using it.

The human body is being augmented all over the place at the minute. From artificial limbs to remote control of devices via "brain readers". Our nervous system is already being attached and manipulated by several different devices. The idea that this will one day culminate together to make a sensory manipulation along a similar line to the matrix is genuinely likely to happen.
 
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I think VR won't be a really big deal until it actually is VR, which would require a direct feed to the brain for all senses. What we're looking at in the foreseeable future is improvements to displays and the input devices required to interact with the gameworld/simulation when the displays block your sight of the real world. Which could be a fairly big deal if the improvements are large enough, but not the level of change being talked about.
 
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