I dont know if this is sad, cool, or if i want one.
I want a custom Zordon one that talks shit instead.
[QUOTE=simkas;51528527]What? No, it's going to do the exact opposite of that. Why go out and meet and talk to real people when I already have a hologram waiting for me at home that I can text and talk to?[/QUOTE]
Because there's a short period of time where it works, but that time runs out once people realize how much of a bellend they're being.
[QUOTE=simkas;51528527]What? No, it's going to do the exact opposite of that. Why go out and meet and talk to real people when I already have a hologram waiting for me at home that I can text and talk to?[/QUOTE]
From what I heard, that's not really how it's going, at least in Japan. Terrible crunch culture + lack of economic safety nets and benefits for couples -> burnt out people taking too many risks to enter the dating scene, leave alone committed long-term relationships.
Without this substitute for social comfort, people would find it elsewhere (prostitution, drugs, gambling, the usual candidates) or stay undatable piles of misery. I mean, dating would still be something people either can't commit the time for or something they they don't want to commit to because of economic reasons.
No.
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[QUOTE=kaze4159;51528328]I remember seeing [url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/813454747/zac-voice-control-your-home-with-a-raccoon-hologra]something almost exactly like this on kickstarter[/url], except instead of just being a test tube waifu, it's an IoT hub for all your smart bullshit :v:
[img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Xi5ZI0Xlxz8/WFFp7SA7xnI/AAAAAAAAP-g/kM4b6qdhzNE/s0/2016-12-15_01-48-56.png[/img]
It's also got a tiny holographic raccoon butler which is way cooler than an anime character
Not biased or anything[/QUOTE]
What is that voice tho'
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[T]https://i.imgur.com/rgKwppM.jpg[/T]
oWo what's this?
[QUOTE=rrunyan;51528213]I ordered six.[/QUOTE]
Aren't you worried they'll start talking to each other and stop caring about you?
Leave it to japan to lead innovation in the field of hologram with the intent to replace human connection.
This can only cause further damage to the growth rate of Japan.
[QUOTE=simkas;51528527]What? No, it's going to do the exact opposite of that. Why go out and meet and talk to real people when I already have a hologram waiting for me at home that I can text and talk to?[/QUOTE]
You think a guy in his 20s or 30s really only wants someone they can talk and text to? Hah. It's practice mode for the socially inept.
Once they have a fleshlight adapter like Super Muffin suggested, then you'll be correct.
finally a social life for only about $3000
like seriously this thing is ridiculously expensive
[QUOTE=dai;51528779][t]http://i.imgur.com/JarQZ0a.png[/t]
[i]liberal communism[/i][/QUOTE]
"to the [B][U]master's[/U][/B] life rhythm"
That just sounds so creepy
[QUOTE=Foogooman;51528373]Now you can be a "productive member of society™" without having to worry about satisfying your need for human interaction! With Gatebox you can now wake up, work all day, then immediately go to bed when you get home without having to directly face your crippling loneliness![/QUOTE]
that sounds like japan before this
[QUOTE=darth-veger;51528260]It is not difficult to understand why there is a growth rate problem in Japan..[/QUOTE]
It's not because of things like this, or waifus, or whatever other scapegoat/boogeyman people like to point to. It's mostly Japan's work ethic. These things are merely a type of response.
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I honestly worry if some people genuinely believe that japan isn't having babies because of waifus.
I don't get everyone is complaining having a cute cyber girl to talk to is a common theme in sci-fi. Look at Halo, Ender's Game, Mass Effect, any distopian novel, and really anything with holograms.
I for one welcome the future.
[QUOTE=*Freezorg*;51528866]It's not because of things like this, or waifus, or whatever other scapegoat/boogeyman people like to point to. It's mostly Japan's work ethic. These things are merely a type of response.
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I honestly worry if some people genuinely believe that japan isn't having babies because of waifus.[/QUOTE]
It isn't the cause but it is certainly a [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikikomori#Prevalence"]fa[/URL][URL="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/10/09/national/media-national/nonprofits-in-japan-help-shut-ins-get-out-into-the-open/"]ct[/URL][URL="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24614830"]or[/URL]
Edit: Also in case you didn't actually get it, i was making a joke
This is a violations against the U.N 1948 universal human rights act. All anime life must be free from forced imprisonment without trial.
I distinctly remember something like this being discussed months ago, specifically the potential for tie-ins and different characters/customization via an app or even a mobile game. I think it looks great, giving the thing a personality and body really separates it from less user-friendly alternatives like google home and alexa (I mean, westerners are [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBqiW1R5_JM"]doing it in their own way already...[/URL]) controlling it with pre-written texts like a videogame conversation is also clever.
My favorite take on it was having an MSF soldier as your assistant.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxErjhlnKjM?t=1m49s[/media]
[QUOTE=Coyoteze;51528194][media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkcKaNqfykg[/media]
I have honestly no idea if this is real or not, but they have a site with a pre-order so who knows
[url]http://gatebox.ai/[/url][/QUOTE]
I saw similar technology in a video from some tech show awhile back on a 2D screen as well as a transparent glass box.
Im sure its probably real, and if not, easily could be, if it used similar techniques to the Tupac hologram system but scaled down and mixed with this:
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M8CNDYipUg[/media]
I'm getting this under only one circumstance.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/8ZJSmue.png[/img]
Looks like 'Her' wasn't a movie but a documentary.
I think you guys are looking at this the wrong way. For people who don't normally get much social interaction, either due to their life circumstances or by choice, this isn't [I]replacing[/I] anything.
Time for me to stop being a NEET so I can afford her
I think they really missed the market here.
3k is way too much to pay for something like this. It's more likely to be an Echo with an anime persona gimmick that people will be disappointed by.
If it was like $100 - $350 it would be PERFECT impulse buy territory. People would buy it FOR the novelty not because they exactly expect it to be a life changing purchase.
But for 3k (It'll be that much with taxes, import fees etc.) it's going to disappoint everyone.
I want one but only if I can program it to be extremely belligerent and actually detrimental to my life
instead of being like "its going to rain today bring an umbrella" it tells you the exact opposite of the weather, text bombs you at work with extremely detailed ASCII cocks, uses your online accounts to order mundane shit you dont need or want
This actually made me realize there is no app that texts you like a "virtual girl friend" and stuff.
That would be infinitely easier to make and would sell really well.
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[QUOTE=Lamarr;51529283]I'm getting this under only one circumstance.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/8ZJSmue.png[/img][/QUOTE]
"Mornin' Bhoass"
The little monologue that the guy has at the end of the video sounds so depressing, holy shit. He's laying in bed, talking to himself in the most emotionally hollow way possible, "You know, someone's home for me... Feels great..." as an unfeeling illusion of a human being hovers over him on the bedside.
Jesus, that kind of cinematography is like from a sci-fi film about how people deal with isolation, or something
[QUOTE=SpartanXC9;51528922]I don't get everyone is complaining having a cute cyber girl to talk to is a common theme in sci-fi. Look at Halo, Ender's Game, Mass Effect, any distopian novel, and really anything with holograms.
I for one welcome the future.[/QUOTE]
Usually they're only treated as characters if they're a "true" AI, like a human mind running on a computer. Gatebox looks like a cute girl, but at the end of the day it's just another conventional assistant program, and will never give you any real companionship.
Make it more affordable and you can bet your ass I'll invest in one of these.
Too late to explore the oceans, too early to explore space. Just in time to watch women become obsolete.
Is this some weird satire, even the guy in the advert looks fucking depressed
[QUOTE=darth-veger;51528923]It isn't the cause but it is certainly a [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikikomori#Prevalence"]fa[/URL][URL="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/10/09/national/media-national/nonprofits-in-japan-help-shut-ins-get-out-into-the-open/"]ct[/URL][URL="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24614830"]or[/URL]
Edit: Also in case you didn't actually get it, i was making a joke[/QUOTE]
Otaku I'd say are a symptom, not a contributing factor to the "disease".
A big reason for why high school is such a popular setting for animanga in general and the dating genre in particular, and why a lot of otaku culture tries to recapture that youthful spirit in one abstraction or another, is because it's kind of the last station in life where those people had plenty of social contact and none of the economic adult worries that kick in afterwards:
Can I get a job in this market situation? Can I make enough money to sustain a family? How much crunch will I have to put up with for that? Will I have to move for that job, and if so how expensive is gonna be the rent over there? Are there nearby childcare facilities? Would my company offer a decent maternity/paternity leave? Can I save up enough money for my child's education? After all that's calculated for one child, what about multiple children?
None of those worries are exclusive to Japan of course, but you'll find a lot more discouraging answers there than elsewhere I think. So a lot of people's perspective becomes "welp life's peak was in high school, it's all downhill from here". I think you can sorta see that from the video. That guy's life is just work and commute with small amounts of time during which he can text on the phone for social contact. He doesn't go to a bar with friends or has a hobby or something. And the video's not depicting a NEET to cater to the otaku demographic either. The protagonist is just some average joe busy salaryman [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaryman"][sic][/url].
Contrast that with the cultural optimism of the American Dream for example that's about looking forward to working really hard and being rewarded with your dream life in return (tho if the internet's anything to go by, the current generation's gotten quite disillusioned with that dream every time they think about their student loans).
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