What happens to humanity after we develop Virtual Reality? - General

Think about it. When we develop VR there would be no reason to do anything else. (Assuming we develop crystal clear graphics, taste, smell, touch, hearing, there would be no reason to go anywhere else. Why bother spending thousands of man hours sending probes into space when we can just imagine that we're exploring a far away galaxy. It would require us being fed and cared for, but by the time we develop VR I'm sure we'll be more than capable of developing robots that can feed and care for us? EDIT* Seeing how many agrees the guy below me is getting, I don't think you guys are understanding my point. Why bother with a brain interface and remote bodies? Traveling space at the moment, without any warp drive and what not, takes thousands of years. Why would you want to wait thousands of years when you can just imagine everything?

[QUOTE=FunnyBunny;16192945]Think about it. When we develop VR there would be no reason to do anything else. (Assuming we develop crystal clear graphics, taste, smell, touch, hearing, there would be no reason to go anywhere else. Why bother spending thousands of man hours sending probes into space when we can just imagine that we're exploring a far away galaxy. It would require us being fed and cared for, but by the time we develop VR I'm sure we'll be more than capable of developing robots that can feed and care for us?[/QUOTE] If we did that we would have some sort of brain interface. If that was the case we could make remote control bodies and not even bother with the virtual part, Instead overcoming our bodies frailties and exploring space and the universe much easier. Of course there would be reasons for leaving the VR world. for instance could you imagine the internet except everyone on it can look just how they want. and they can speak? I'd be like some kind of horror film.

It would probably cost alot. Only really rich could use it. Most people would live life like always.

I thought Wall-E was a good movie, too. [quote]It would probably cost alot. Only really rich could use it.[/quote] We're talking about the future here. 1TB hard drives (example) would probably cost $5.

Hmm.. There's a movie coming out that's about this sort of thing. Forgot the name though...

There's a book in a series called the Pendragon series that deals with this very issue. The whole planet essentially put themselves in this VR thing, and the people of the planet ended up dying pretty horrifically. That's what would happen to our lazy escapist asses.

I suppose a voluntary view of The Matrix.

[QUOTE=Arbitration;16192957]If we did that we would have some sort of brain interface. If that was the case we could make remote control bodies and not even bother with the virtual part, Instead overcoming our bodies frailties and exploring space and the universe much easier.[/QUOTE] [img]http://www.datarealms.com/images/instructions.gif[/img] Also augmented reality is better because then you can actually live your life in a real world while still having that badassness

Someone has posted the exact thing I posted 2 seconds before I did thus rendering this post useless.

A minute before yours, BRO

[QUOTE=longears34;16192985]Also augmented reality is better because then you can actually live your life in a real world while still having that badassness[/QUOTE] I'd prefer that. Of course I'd project a fucking brick wall about the size of an aircraft carrier all around so people couldn't see. Ahaha [editline]08:15AM[/editline] [QUOTE=MS-DOS4;16192970]Hmm.. There's a movie coming out that's about this sort of thing. Forgot the name though...[/QUOTE] Friday the 13th, part 78534.

Fuck that. Reminds me of this book I read along time ago, called The Last Book in the Universe or something like that.

[QUOTE=Arbitration;16192957]If we did that we would have some sort of brain interface. If that was the case we could make remote control bodies and not even bother with the virtual part, Instead overcoming our bodies frailties and exploring space and the universe much easier. Of course there would be reasons for leaving the VR world. for instance could you imagine the internet except everyone on it can look just how they want. and they can speak? I'd be like some kind of horror film.[/QUOTE] Yeah, but why bother exploring space? It takes thousands of years to get to another livable planet. In VR you could just imagine a giant galaxy, and explore any part of it. And since everything is run in a computer, you could wait massive lengths of time in mere seconds. And think of the possibilities of gaming. You could actually have games where you slow down time, and even go backwards. Think Timeshift, only being able to use the slow, stop, and reverse time tools in multiplayer.

[QUOTE=FunnyBunny;16193120]Yeah, but why bother exploring space? It takes thousands of years to get to another livable planet. In VR you could just imagine a giant galaxy, and explore any part of it. And since everything is run in a computer, you could wait massive lengths of time in mere seconds. And think of the possibilities of gaming. You could actually have games where you slow down time, and even go backwards. Think Timeshift, only being able to use the slow, stop, and reverse time tools in multiplayer.[/QUOTE] Think of the griefing potential o,o forward stop reverse stop slow forward stop slow back repeat.

We'd become like Veelox [QUOTE=HumanAbyss;16192973]There's a book in a series called the Pendragon series that deals with this very issue. The whole planet essentially put themselves in this VR thing, and the people of the planet ended up dying pretty horrifically. That's what would happen to our lazy escapist asses.[/QUOTE] The Realty Bug is the title. Great book/series.

[QUOTE=FunnyBunny;16192945]Think about it. When we develop VR there would be no reason to do anything else. (Assuming we develop crystal clear graphics, taste, smell, touch, hearing, there would be no reason to go anywhere else. Why bother spending thousands of man hours sending probes into space when we can just imagine that we're exploring a far away galaxy. It would require us being fed and cared for, but by the time we develop VR I'm sure we'll be more than capable of developing robots that can feed and care for us?[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.exitmundi.nl/exitmundi.htm[/url] Read AD 2030 at the top

Because what's generated by a computer can never be comparable to real life. There's no 'risk' factor, no 'This could kill me, but if I make it it'll be worth it'. Scientists will always be scientists; even if the rest of the world gets sucked in to virtual reality programs there'll always be several hundred thousand men in white coats building rockets and probes and intergalactic hyper drives to explore the cosmos.

Meh, I doubt it'll ever happen.

[img]http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/ath/Library/bookreviews/fahrenheit451.jpg[/img] That good sir.

[QUOTE=MS-DOS4;16192970]Hmm.. There's a movie coming out that's about this sort of thing. Forgot the name though...[/QUOTE] Gamer?

[img]http://miroslodki.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/matrix_pill.jpg[/img]

We all become machines, Or just massivelly fat people unable to move, I doubt humanity is just going to destroy itself by then

[QUOTE=Billiam;16193306][media]http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/ath/Library/bookreviews/fahrenheit451.jpg[/media] That good sir.[/QUOTE] What does censorship have to do with virtual reality?

[QUOTE=Doriol;16192961] We're talking about the future here. 1TB hard drives (example) would probably cost $5.[/QUOTE] I think humanity would be far beyond Terra bytes, No one would know what a "mega byte" is.

[QUOTE=Wisebrant;16193321]I think humanity would be far beyond Terra bytes, No one would know what a "mega byte" is.[/QUOTE] Yes they would.

Nothing compares to reality.

[QUOTE=Squeaken;16193439]Nothing compares to reality.[/QUOTE] :hurr:

This probably won't happen

[QUOTE=DeadorK;16193468]This probably won't happen[/QUOTE] No one will ever land on the moon. The Earth is flat.

Nothing?