I sincerely hope that in the near future they combine oculus rift with Emotiv to create a digital world we can create and control with our thoughts. I think this might be a way for each of us to create our own utopia to live in.
I came to this line of thinking because I was watching Utopia on Fox and as much as I want that silly bunch of 'pioneers' to succeed, I dont think it can truly happen, because as ridiculous as some of those characters are, people who think just like them are everywhere. And because of those few idiots its impossible to always meet in the middle.
Im not so dissallusioned as to think we could create a perfect world, take a moment and imagine something which is not too far fetched.
Youre in your home and you sit back in your most comfortable chair and put on a vr helmet.
You start in your digital 'home'. Think of it like the desktop of your pc or main menu of your xbox. This is a private space designed by you for you. You have as many rooms as you want to serve whatever needs you have. You have an office, a game room, an art studio and maybe a theatre and each can be anything you imagine. Outside of your front door is the public/social space. The people who live in your 'neighboorhood' are compatible with you. If youre strictly religious, your neighborhood would be made up of people with the same ideals. If you're all about embracing diversity, your neighborhood would be larger. Beyond that you have areas where everyone mingles.
If you like your space your digital rooms in your home can contain worlds built for you by you, or maybe even load someone elses world for the purposes of just enjoying the creative beauty.
Want to visit a femple in India? Teleport there to marvel at its structure. Want to see your favorite band in concert? Just go to your playlist. Want to take a flight through a nebula at lightspeed? Just think and its happening. Want to be entertained? Play a movie and watch like a fly on the wall, or on a giant screen in a theatre, or even be the main character as it plays!
I know that some people will say thats its all just fiction and it would lose the feeling of the real thing, but not everyone has the chance to do these things in real life.
I love the idea of creating a digital social space where anything could happen, like a worldwide digital burning man event. I truly hope one day ill be roaming a digital landscape filled with digital creatures designed by me eating dinosaurs out of a nerds box on a floating mountain of stars while I fly by. Until that becomes a reality, I guess ill just have to stick to my day dreaming ;-)
I came to this line of thinking because I was watching Utopia on Fox and as much as I want that silly bunch of 'pioneers' to succeed, I dont think it can truly happen, because as ridiculous as some of those characters are, people who think just like them are everywhere. And because of those few idiots its impossible to always meet in the middle.
Im not so dissallusioned as to think we could create a perfect world, take a moment and imagine something which is not too far fetched.
Youre in your home and you sit back in your most comfortable chair and put on a vr helmet.
You start in your digital 'home'. Think of it like the desktop of your pc or main menu of your xbox. This is a private space designed by you for you. You have as many rooms as you want to serve whatever needs you have. You have an office, a game room, an art studio and maybe a theatre and each can be anything you imagine. Outside of your front door is the public/social space. The people who live in your 'neighboorhood' are compatible with you. If youre strictly religious, your neighborhood would be made up of people with the same ideals. If you're all about embracing diversity, your neighborhood would be larger. Beyond that you have areas where everyone mingles.
If you like your space your digital rooms in your home can contain worlds built for you by you, or maybe even load someone elses world for the purposes of just enjoying the creative beauty.
Want to visit a femple in India? Teleport there to marvel at its structure. Want to see your favorite band in concert? Just go to your playlist. Want to take a flight through a nebula at lightspeed? Just think and its happening. Want to be entertained? Play a movie and watch like a fly on the wall, or on a giant screen in a theatre, or even be the main character as it plays!
I know that some people will say thats its all just fiction and it would lose the feeling of the real thing, but not everyone has the chance to do these things in real life.
I love the idea of creating a digital social space where anything could happen, like a worldwide digital burning man event. I truly hope one day ill be roaming a digital landscape filled with digital creatures designed by me eating dinosaurs out of a nerds box on a floating mountain of stars while I fly by. Until that becomes a reality, I guess ill just have to stick to my day dreaming ;-)
