The era of holodecks approaches!

SteamWake · 06-05-09, 12:23 PM

Wait till the Porn industry gets this figured out. !

FIREWALL · 06-08-09, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Wait till the Porn industry gets this figured out. !

With Force Feedback.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Zachstar · 06-09-09, 01:56 AM

Why does it always have to end up about the porn Industry.

The porn industry brought VHS to the masses. It will do the same for holodecks rooms or whatever. Who cares? Personally I am more excited about being able to take the controls of an X-15 holosimulation than having sex with force/energy projectors or nanobots. You?

Tho I will admit the latter will likely mean the end of civilization as every nerd can act out his/her fantasies.. OH THE HORROR!

Zachstar · 06-11-09, 01:02 PM

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/j...project-natal/

They set up the test unit on the Jimmy Fallon show and it worked well! Now before you go nuts about the red jumpsuits. Those were just a precaution as apparently they never tried it in a studio full of hot lights belching IR and a bunch of people behind it before. And after filming they played with it without the jumpsuits and it worked fine.

Of course that little tidbit of info is not stopping the Sony fanboys DESPERATE to discredit Natal.

karamazovnew · 06-26-09, 05:10 AM

I really can't see that Fog thing happening this century. The computing power required for it is astronomical. Don't be fooled by the techological advance of the last 20 years. We're still using transistors and we've hit the end of the line. My current PC is 500 times faster than the one I had 10 years ago. But in 10 years, i'll be glad to have a pc 5 times faster. And there are many medical implications. What happens if you breathe in the fog?

The motion tracking system is nice buuuut:
1: how would we play Silent Hunter without a mouse?! we already have voice commands but how do you plot on tha map?

2: why flap my arms in the air like an idiot instead of using my current Steering Wheel in driving sims?
3: Try lifting your arms as if you're using a flight yoke and keep them up for say 4 hours....
4: let's say i'm playing a boxing game. I hit my opponent's guard and the 3d model stops there. But my real arm moves onward and a desync occures.
5: with no depth perception there is no way you can hit a virtual tenis ball, you can see that in Sony's demo. The Wii went as far as one can achieve.

Even Enterprise's holodeck is silly. What if I want to throw myself from a cliff and pop a parachute? The only way I see virtual reality happening is with a head device that acts directly on your brain and makes you hallucinate. The bonus on that is that you'd move by imagining that you move. And it has already been discovered that "mental" exercising actually fools the body so well that you can gain muscle mass by imagining that you lift weights. But again... not in this century.

Dowly · 06-26-09, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by karamazovnew

And it has already been discovered that "mental" exercising actually fools the body so well that you can gain muscle mass by imagining that you lift weights.

*walks infront of a mirror*

"Get up... geeet up.... GET UP!!!"

*walks back*

It doesnt work.

06-05-09, 12:23 PM	#1
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Wait till the Porn industry gets this figured out. ! __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

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Zachstar Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shreveport, Louisiana Posts: 1,956 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Why does it always have to end up about the porn Industry. The porn industry brought VHS to the masses. It will do the same for holodecks rooms or whatever. Who cares? Personally I am more excited about being able to take the controls of an X-15 holosimulation than having sex with force/energy projectors or nanobots. You? Tho I will admit the latter will likely mean the end of civilization as every nerd can act out his/her fantasies.. OH THE HORROR! __________________

06-11-09, 01:02 PM	#4
Zachstar Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shreveport, Louisiana Posts: 1,956 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/j...project-natal/ They set up the test unit on the Jimmy Fallon show and it worked well! Now before you go nuts about the red jumpsuits. Those were just a precaution as apparently they never tried it in a studio full of hot lights belching IR and a bunch of people behind it before. And after filming they played with it without the jumpsuits and it worked fine. Of course that little tidbit of info is not stopping the Sony fanboys DESPERATE to discredit Natal. __________________

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06-26-09, 05:10 AM	#5
karamazovnew The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 1,403 Downloads: 151 Uploads: 0	I really can't see that Fog thing happening this century. The computing power required for it is astronomical. Don't be fooled by the techological advance of the last 20 years. We're still using transistors and we've hit the end of the line. My current PC is 500 times faster than the one I had 10 years ago. But in 10 years, i'll be glad to have a pc 5 times faster. And there are many medical implications. What happens if you breathe in the fog? The motion tracking system is nice buuuut: 1: how would we play Silent Hunter without a mouse?! we already have voice commands but how do you plot on tha map? 2: why flap my arms in the air like an idiot instead of using my current Steering Wheel in driving sims? 3: Try lifting your arms as if you're using a flight yoke and keep them up for say 4 hours.... 4: let's say i'm playing a boxing game. I hit my opponent's guard and the 3d model stops there. But my real arm moves onward and a desync occures. 5: with no depth perception there is no way you can hit a virtual tenis ball, you can see that in Sony's demo. The Wii went as far as one can achieve. Even Enterprise's holodeck is silly. What if I want to throw myself from a cliff and pop a parachute? The only way I see virtual reality happening is with a head device that acts directly on your brain and makes you hallucinate. The bonus on that is that you'd move by imagining that you move. And it has already been discovered that "mental" exercising actually fools the body so well that you can gain muscle mass by imagining that you lift weights. But again... not in this century.