Virtual Reality

Sporky

monquixote said:

Sporky said:

monquixote said:

You are entitled to your opinion but it's not really valid.

Are you sure that's what you meant to type?

Yep

So having tried it and gotten motion sickness, my opinion that it gives me motion sickness is invalid?

Though I suppose by your own logic, if you've not tried it and had motion sickness then your opinion is invalid. Ta-da!

monquixote

Sporky said:

monquixote said:

Sporky said:

monquixote said:

You are entitled to your opinion but it's not really valid.

Are you sure that's what you meant to type?

Yep

So having tried it and gotten motion sickness, my opinion that it gives me motion sickness is invalid?

Though I suppose by your own logic, if you've not tried it and had motion sickness then your opinion is invalid. Ta-da!

I'm not really sure what you are on about.

jonnyburgo

Don't fall for the VR dream, they want us to be zombies living virtually 24/7. Fahrenheit 451 realised. 

FX_Munkee

Emp_Fab said:

chillidoggy said:

Emp_Fab said:

RandallFlagg said:

Emp_Fab said:

I beg to differ.  You won't be able to stop it taking off once people realise they can fuck Beyoncé from the comfort of their living room whilst eating a Pot Noodle.

Pot Noodle? classy touch, I'm sure she'll be impressed.

Dude... "She" isn't real!  That's the whole point!  You could take her from behind while wearing a chicken suit and playing 'If you liked it (then you shoulda put a ring on it) on a kazoo, if that's your thing.

Presumably for this specific 3D scenario a prosthetic arse is part of the package, or it'll be like humping air.

Of course.  The company that makes the first lifelike interactive digital robo-foof is going to make trillions of moneys.  I'm investing when it arrives.

We did make the "haptic cow" for training vets (use your imagination). I'm sure with a few modifications....

For those non-believers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1FkTXnftCg

BigMonka

FX_Munkee said:

Emp_Fab said:

chillidoggy said:

Emp_Fab said:

RandallFlagg said:

Emp_Fab said:

I beg to differ.  You won't be able to stop it taking off once people realise they can fuck Beyoncé from the comfort of their living room whilst eating a Pot Noodle.

Pot Noodle? classy touch, I'm sure she'll be impressed.

Dude... "She" isn't real!  That's the whole point!  You could take her from behind while wearing a chicken suit and playing 'If you liked it (then you shoulda put a ring on it) on a kazoo, if that's your thing.

Presumably for this specific 3D scenario a prosthetic arse is part of the package, or it'll be like humping air.

Of course.  The company that makes the first lifelike interactive digital robo-foof is going to make trillions of moneys.  I'm investing when it arrives.

We did make the "haptic cow" for training vets (use your imagination). I'm sure with a few modifications....

For those non-believers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1FkTXnftCg

haha that's brilliant!

chillidoggy

FX_Munkee said:

Emp_Fab said:

chillidoggy said:

Emp_Fab said:

RandallFlagg said:

Emp_Fab said:

I beg to differ.  You won't be able to stop it taking off once people realise they can fuck Beyoncé from the comfort of their living room whilst eating a Pot Noodle.

Pot Noodle? classy touch, I'm sure she'll be impressed.

Dude... "She" isn't real!  That's the whole point!  You could take her from behind while wearing a chicken suit and playing 'If you liked it (then you shoulda put a ring on it) on a kazoo, if that's your thing.

Presumably for this specific 3D scenario a prosthetic arse is part of the package, or it'll be like humping air.

Of course.  The company that makes the first lifelike interactive digital robo-foof is going to make trillions of moneys.  I'm investing when it arrives.

We did make the "haptic cow" for training vets (use your imagination). I'm sure with a few modifications....

For those non-believers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1FkTXnftCg

"Beyoncé from behind."

I guess that's the answer to Emp's prosthetic rear-end dilemma resolved, then.

koneguitarist

I must admit I am not interested in virtual reality as I think there is too little interaction with people now. I like to talk to people go out have dinner and conversations. What's wrong with living in the moment? 

chillidoggy

koneguitarist said:

I must admit I am not interested in virtual reality as I think there is too little interaction with people now. I like to talk to people go out have dinner and conversations. What's wrong with living in the moment? 

You can't get to shag Beyoncé in real life?

Sporky

koneguitarist said:

I must admit I am not interested in virtual reality as I think there is too little interaction with people now. I like to talk to people go out have dinner and conversations. What's wrong with living in the moment? 

Nothing at all.

But for most people (who don't get motion sickness, if the one statistic I've heard is accurate) then VR might well enhance already-solitary activities, such as video gaming and going to the cinema (assuming one is not the yack-all-the-way-through-the-film type).

It also has genuine benefits in engineering, simulation and data analysis.

It just makes me feel quite ill, and where it's done with active 3D it also makes me feel very, very angry in a very short period of time - about ten seconds is enough. So I avoid it. Because - believe it or not - I don't like being angry.