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2013-09-01 03:29 6003007 Anonymous VIRTUAL REALITY (image.jpg 1920x1200 1029kB)
Hey /sci/ i am curious as to how we are advancing in the field of virtual reality? When (if ever) will it be available to the general public? How will it happen? Will we. Plug something into our spinal cords to simulate senses? Im talking flawless virtual reality here, will they be able to suspend our minds and keep us in there indefinitly? What will we start to see first? Also, when can we record our dreams and be put straight into lucid dreams? I understand noone really has the answers to these questions but you guys clearly keep up on technology so i would love to read a discussion you guys have over it. >inb4 we are in virtual reality right now

3 hours later 6003263 Anonymous
>>6003007 oculus rift is the beginning, more companies will develop VR when they see its success

4 hours later 6003312 Anonymous
VR is not that great idea. It will become number one addiction. I really hope that it wont happen. There is no need to dwell deeper in pixel world.

4 hours later 6003322 Anonymous (dragonbook.jpg 205x171 22kB)
If a neurobiological model of cognition ever represented the physical phenomena closely enough that we could use it simulate sensation, it seems likely to me that there would be far more pressing implications than virtual reality at hand. We already have interactive three-dimensional perspective projection ( >>6003263 ), although even very slight discrepancies between the input to your visual and vestibular systems can cause some pretty gnarly headaches. If you use someone's Oculus, you need to be sure that you configure it properly for YOUR head, is what I'm saying. As far as simulating touch is concerned, you're left with shit like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pspa gsTFvlg If we were able to input signals to the brain as intricate as tactile sensation, we run into situations like this: http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_rami rez_and_xu_liu_a_mouse_a_laser_beam _a_manipulated_memory.html I understand that there are problems with this study, but my point being that ethics just jettison away. We need things like this http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelea se/new_electron_beam_writer_enables _next_gen_biomedical_and_informatio n_techno to continue this sort of research, though, and the technology is obviously complicated and expensive. I would imagine that most of the development you will see in this field will come from private investment, rather than the "BRAIN Initiative" or whatever other bullshit the US gov tries to spew to pretend like it is properly funding the research.

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