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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
Hmm, I won't comment on the possibility of developing fully realistic AI, though I wouldn't rush to the conclusion that it's necessary for realistic VR. Simply having the ability to simulate a realistic environment in which actual people can interact is enough to achieve VR. Either way, I don't think we'll be seeing that fully achieve in the next ten years. I do expect to see amazing advancements in the integration of 3D technologies and AR devices into our daily lives however.
I was pleasantly amazed the other day when I was waiting in line at customs in the Shenzhen airport and found myself watching a 3D television set with a picture I could watch in 3D without any special glasses. One of those moments where I couldn't help but appreciate how I'm now living in a world that was totally science fiction when I was a child. Ten years further down the road should be just as mind blowing.
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i totally agree. I remember getting an Colecovision Adam in 1983 and thinking to myself.... how can it possibly get any better. I look at the accessibilty of technology now and am dumbfounded. I have a telescope that I can point at the sky, push a button, and it finds the planet or nebulae I want to look at. And better yet I can attach CCD cameras to it and have detailed views of objects millions of miles away with clear detail. All for around $2500. A looking at a tri-quarter on Star Trek TNG in the mid 80's seemed totally ridiculous. We now walk around with Iphones, that can pretty much give us an answer to any question we could possibly think of, in seconds. How long till these things will be able to scan the molecular and chemical composition of stuff?
Personally, I am cheering for Kurzweil, and his crazy ideas. If he thinks he can achieve immortality at by simply keeping himself healthy 20 more years, than that means I have a 30 year head start on him, and should see the same fate. It is a very pivotal time in humanity we are living in. I think the human as we know it has 500 years... max, before we are totally indistinguishable from what we currently know. If I could live long enough to witness interstellar travel, that would be to me, the ultimate scenario.