if you live enough of your life in a virtual world (online video games/forums for example), technically everything about that time could be played back entirely from start to finish with minimal loss of detail. so instead of looking at old photos that capture moments in time, we move towards the option of rewinding and fast forwarding through the past and being able to step into re-enactments of the places and events we experienced. but that’s only because we are …
with VR, it will be even more common to have a meaningful interactive relationship with the likeness of someone you may not be able to have a relationship with in real life. people will be hanging out in real life, but everyone will have a set of memories that are shared with friends and a set of memories that were made with virtual copies of the same people.
once i was fortunate enough to travel around europe for a month and saw so much in that time that after returning i felt as though i’d been gone for a year. i’m assuming people will experience things at rates similar to that or greater given the convenience of doing it in VR. what will it be like when you haven’t seen a couple of your friends in 4 weeks but to them its been several months which they’ve spent …
i think it’d be cool if, when you purchased a book or a movie, you also got access to a virtual reality simulation depicting in detail the places in the story. sort of like when a book includes an atlas except you could zoom in and walk around in all the places (on your own or with friends).
what kind of art and experience will VR technology bring? ‘vrtist’ (vee·art·ist) one who practices an imaginative art using virtual simulations to create novel experiences for individuals or groups For music, think how much time a person spends “with” an artist by listening to their music, reading or watching interviews, going to shows and generally making that artist and their work part of their life story. some of that time could be spent with a virtual recording of the artist. …
a story set in the near future, about people who try a new service – a place where you go to ‘bury’ someone after they die, and they grow back. but not stephen king pet cemetery style. instead it’s like a digital petri dish, where a specially designed artificial intelligence program is allowed to run inside an enclosed system that is fed data from the deceased’s digital archives (which are set up by the deceased and any loved ones while …
If you focus your thoughts on something before bed you can actually influence your dreams. This made me think of a process for programming dreams using VR. Step 1. decide what things you want to dream about Step 2. find a vr experience that matches the things, and hang out in it for an hour before going to bed Step 3. dream about the things and take notes when you wake up because your subconscious mind will add unexpected often …
This year the city of boston decided to shorten the parade route on account of all the snow from the 3 storms we just had. A lot of folks were upset. They would have dealt with the snow. The parade matters for a lot of reasons. In a virtual world, all those people could log into a parade that has no snow. And it would never get cancelled due to rain. Or heat. And no finding parking. And no finding …
Just spent an hour in Googles virtual earth. I went to any place I wanted and flew overhead like it was a giant model train set (but the whole earth). It’s amazing the lost memories that come back when you ‘go back’ to the places where life has taken you. orig. posted on May 12, 2017
It would be cool to walk around and be able to watch recorded messages from real people who were there before you and to hear what they had to say. It would be cool to record yourself in different locations, and then be able to see yourself later on when you returned to those places. You could compare your previous version of your life with the one you are currently experiencing. Maybe people would start thinking ahead more instead of …