Tech oligarchs are encouraging the creation of virtual worlds as a cheap way to avoid problems in the real one.
It is not possible, on Earth, to give everyone all that they would want. Not everyone can have Richard Branson’s private island,” Doom co-creator and former CTO of Oculus John Carmack told Joe Rogan during a 2020 interview.
Yes, but we want no one to have private islands
Is it 2017 again? Are the elite really going to start pumping vr and ai driving again?
Self driving is different IMO it will definitely work in the future because it is not just a couple of US companies but the entire industry is investing and implementing it. European and Chinese car manufacturers are making their own systems. And then there are real profits to be made with self driving. Generaly people are right to hate Tesla but don’t mistake Elon for the entire EV and self driving industry.
VR is difficult to predict because it is only a couple of companies and the base use case is already quite niche you know having computer proficiency and money to buy one.
It is like imagine if Apple launched the iPhone 1 15 years ago at 1000 USD and required you to have a Mac in order to even use it, it would obviously be a massive failure.
It is like imagine if Apple launched the iPhone 1 15 years ago at 1000 USD and required you to have a Mac in order to even use it, it would obviously be a massive failure.
That’s almost exactly what a 1st generation iPhone cost in 2007 if you didn’t lock into a two year contract.
Can’t find a price without contract otherwise people say it was 499 to 599 and it was already mocked as too high, the only reason it reached 1k is because of the market share they got at one point they realized people are willing to pay much higher now that premium iPhone became a status symbol specially outside the US, that and a whole generation of fanboys who think smartphones = iPhone and can’t/wont use anything else…
:this-is-fine: but literally. enjoying my scenic virtual mansion as my actual house literally burns around me and I die because biological organisms have real world biological needs.
Squeeze a tube of soylent paste in your mouth while eating a wisecracking animated steak in VR.
Clippy the steak.
Would you like to simulate the taste of a medium rare steak for 25 ZuckerBucks or use your free economically fucked voucher to taste the MegaGood A1 Steak Sauce Well Done Extravaganza Steak Experience? - 1
- Up to 90% of your brain may be used to mine ZuckerBucks during consumption of your MegaGood A1 Steak Sauce Well Done Extravaganza Steak Experience
A close friend of mine uses VR regularly. They got it after COVID to help with quarantine. It’s fun to use for about 3 hours and does give a sense of having gone somewhere new, which is neat-
But as a permanent distraction? No, absolutely not. VR causes headaches after extended use, and it doesn’t even work for some people. It’s also a limited sensory experience.
Until VR can fully simulate reality and put food in your belly it’s not a threat.
