Tuesday, April 27, 2010

The next new thing

The next new thing should be something that would allow people using virtual worlds to actually feel what they experience there. I mean, be able to actually smell, feel, touch the virtual reality. Many people find Second Life unappealing because you can not feel what your avatar does, you do not feel what flying is like, you just watch your avatar flying. I do not know what kind of technology that might be 4D, 5D...10D?! But I am sure people are working on that and we are getting close to making that a reality.

7 comments:

  1. it seems like virtual world is what everyone thinks should be the next new thing. It is an interesting technology and it can help us advance our knowledge. I'm sure in little or no time everything will become reality.

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  2. I fear that we as individuals are depending too much on the possibility of virtual worlds. We need to live the lives we have now.

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  3. I believe that virtual worlds are good to some extent but people are going too far with it. People are forgetting about their own lives. Virtual worlds are good to experience things that are impossible to experience in real life but for everything else people should experience it first-hand.

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  4. i guess we are too dependent on technology nowaday. our expectations are too high, lets hope it does not fail and disappoint us.

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  5. Well there are already people addicted to MMORPGs which are essentially primitive virtual worlds. Once the real deal comes out where you can feel everything as if it was real. Where you can no longer distinguish between fiction and reality. That will be mind blowing and frightening.

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  6. As much as I would love a place like that, I kind of believe in the end, the reality is much more substantial than any world we create. As Dipen said, we are too dependent on technology but I hope in the future we wont become so dependent that it'll turn around on us.

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  7. I totally agree with you. I can not image how the world change but I am sure people are working on that and we are getting close to making that a reality.

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