[ExI] Welcome to the Future

[Eugen Leitl]

On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 08:34:46AM -0700, Christian Vanderwall wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 5:09 AM, Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > So, yes, the mass movement we need is of a philosophical, cultural and
> > political nature. While technology may influence society, is (a certain
> > kind of) society that makes technology happen.
> >
> >
> Or perhaps all we need are gamers.  The Oculus Rift (
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game)
> is a great example of how people are pushing the limits of virtual reality
> technology in the pursuit of fun.      In the years to come, people will

Pushing the limits of VR? This is 1990 level of technology. 
And *I still can't buy it*, in 2012. 

> begin to spend more and more time playing virtual reality games.  As the
> quality of these games improves, some people (most in my opinion) will come
> to the realization that virtual reality is much more enjoyable than our
> current reality and will begin a push to integrate themselves into the
> virtual world(s) more permanently.