So I've just kinda been bouncing ideas around in my head about how a virtual reality could actually play out in an indoor setting, perhaps in home at some point.
Most of the tech I mention is already a reality and it's mostly a collaboration of many techs pulled into one grand system. I suppose a list would make thing clear on what I'm talking about.
-Augmented Reality
*A very powerful effect proven over and over when used with stereoscopics.
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-Motion Sensing
*This is already very advanced, think of HD camcorders recording from all directions to build a 3d representation possibly using forms of sonar for z depth information
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-CNC Robotics
*when interacting with real world object there needs to be something to touch and interact with in real time. CNC could track and use physical props for surfaces, edges, walls, toilets, pillars, fireplaces, and terrain to name a few. many that could be 3d printed or fabricated in some way out of super lite and hard composite materials that could be recycled over and over.
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-Props
*many that could be 3d printed or fabricated in some way out of super lite and hard composite materials that could be recycled over and over.
Prop creation methods:
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My thinking about making a functional dynamic 3d surface. there would need to be moving room to have time to accelerate when you begin to run so it would need to be larger in x and y directions, maybe make it a 12 foot by 12 foot. Possibly bigger and an octagon shape to cut off the corners to reduce surface area. to accomplish steps and angles various tiles will be loaded into and cycled through the machine with different terrains and materials(carpet, turf, wood, concrete, ect) slopes would be on a per piece basis for uneven outdoor terrain simulation with interlocking pieces or something to prevent sliding and separation. still very open there in many ways.
walls and props would be machine positioned and controlled to move around you and match the positions of what you see around you. height could be controlled by a high speed elevator system.
The first example video could be sloped pretty easy, even could go skating/biking/whatever down or up hills if there is enough z travel with capable acceleration. vehicles could be actual cabs you get in and control. with more realistic g-forces.
Tech and computers are starting to live up to making this happen so i wonder where we will see it pop up first. I dont care about intellectual property I'm just brainstorming and speculating.
The Matrix is one way, mechanics is another. What do you think? Is it plausible? I think so. It would have to be a very fast system without question but CNC robotics and material sciences shows that we could build devices that could withstand and produce the shock forces we're talking about with the moving parts having very few failing parts. i don't know overall but I'm curious if this seems just unreasonable to see in the next 50 years and if so why not?
I've seen a great deal of relating technology with stumbling and it seems just a matter of time before they all collaborate into one grand project to see just how far it could be taken. of course that money-resource barrier we're all forced to conform to using is a big problem but we'll see.
There is obviously a lot more that would have to go into this but I enjoy speculation. c&c, lets hear it. if you don't care...move onto another thread.
I can't see this every happening.
The virtual reality that we will see will most likely be in the form of a electronic brain sensory input device, that of course is only possible once scientists figure out the language of the brain. Why do you need to physically be in room when your brain can be fooled to see, smell, feel and hear all while you just sit in a chair.
Also, your theory would only allow one person at a time to be in the artificial reality while the brain sensory would allow for multiple people. Basically the matrix, without the gruesome deaths.
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I'm talking about before we can project an image into our brain. stereoscopic vision will be awesome in place of "electronic brain sensory input device" as you put it. even eye tracking for DOF simulation.
Edit: That video is a really good demo btw. he took the 3d snapshot and stepped away and it tripped me out...imagine watching replays like that! oh shit... live video editing with realtime scaled 3d interaction of video footage! Think about editing modes in play already in garrys mod. haha, ragdoll posing would be a snap!
I think this is pretty interesting.
But not sure how this would all pan out over time.
I think there current sytem is great but I think the 3d model should get better the longer it's in view, like the computer will learn the shape of what it's looking at and start to simply update the shape it uses for visualization. reuse the old information learning it's range of shapes(for clothing movement for example, not limbs) to better predict shapes. Rather then generating a new model for every frame.
I would really like to see this in a powerful 3d engine too. UDK is free.
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