Virtual Worlds... Really?

I don't think anyone quite realizes the technology that we are on the verge of seeing soon. I could care less about using it for games. I would particularly like to see it take uses in mental imagery and creation through artificial intelligence... I believe that we are much closer to this new tech than we thought. When man can turn mental images into digital images through nerve impulses

You are quite right, BIGZGUS101. The implications of Virtual technology goes way beyond games. Scientists have for a long time been using Physics and Mathematics to predict a myriad of possible scenarios and various fields and this will provide another useful tool for them. The gaming industry will have played an important role (funding wise) in seeing the R&D through to this stage. It's therefore not hard to predict where the more pragmatic, and spectacular future applications will be.......

You're "Virtual World" technologies are going to ultimately create a world of Zombies. What's the real benefit?

More virtual worlds? Instead of trying to change the world (like in the early days of PayPal), these start-ups are creating alternative worlds. Socially, people will start spending more time interacting with virtual avatars than with real people; spending more and more time online instead of with their families and friends. Time is so limited already, now we have to spend time and money to exist in a virtual world? If this is a trend, its a worrying one.

Speaking of Bill Gates, have you seen that crazy commercial with him and Seinfeld?

Virtual Worlds are a great place for socially awkward fat dudes to pick up on chicks.

Sounds like a great way to increase the number of morbidly obese people here in the states and abroad. Did you notice that none of the avatars are obese? The physical cons definitely outweigh the pros of this new technology. It takes tremendous discipline to not get sucked in beyond a certain point by all this stuff. I'm actually starting to think it might be wise to make our computers pedal powered so that we could be pedalling while we are using them. Is it really that far fetched? The number of humongous people is just getting over the top here. I was trapped on the subway yesterday by an entire cluster of obese people. It felt so strangely surreal to be surrounded by them. It's time to wake up and move and also, to stop driving, incessantly, too.

Just another CB craze. It will be over in a flash. It will probably only survive in the porn world. Hey maybe it's a good thing, as it will keep all the freaks in a place where they can't hurt anyone. Do we need to develope technology to test pixels for rape?

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I think hardware plays role in the VW space in the not too distant future - ala Edusim http://edusim3d.com

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