Are you concerned with the future of virtual reality technology and the impact it will have on the future generations?

[rstevens62]

You also have to consider, there is a technological point, that 'powers that be' will only allow the public to have access to 'so much' technology...if it negatively effects Govts ability to exert its authority, or negatively impacts existing industry...you can bet it will be suppressed and classified quickly.


'Invention Secrecy Act of 1951' is a great example of this (its still in force today too)!! That means, there are some inventions/technologies, that are withheld from the public due to some concerns by govt/the state...think about that for a minute! LOL


This is also why many of those older 'this is how the future will be' type predictions of the 60s and 70s, never came to fruition, it wasnt because the technology didnt exist or that it wasnt possible...NO, it was because some cautious bean counter worried what some people may use it for and made the decision to classify it, so no one could have access to it.


This needs to stop, or we are not going to progress much further technology wise, we will plateau pretty quick, I think we already have to some degree.

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Originally Posted by Maximalist

Back in the days, frustrated nerds would escape their life with making a character on World of Warcraft and base their social life on there. Back in the days smokers would smoke their stress away. Back in the days bored people would turn on Netflix. You get my point.

https://youtu.be/BGRY14znFxY

This video I found on YouTube made me realize how this technology could be abused in the future. If you watched the video or have used VR before, imagine how advance it could become in 2 more generations from now. I’m worried that a large percentage of the world will be addicted and be indoors for hours on end. Of course not an entire week like in the video experiment but there’s already addicted kids playing Fortnite for 8 hours so what makes you think the kids in 50 years from now won’t abuse VR.

The video did make a good point however with education being more widely available to the world.


The very last point i’d like to make, moderators this is the reason I posted this on the General US cities forum so please keep it here if possible. I find it kinda sad how traveling will be replaced with VR. Sure the viewer will be able to “walk around” a very detailed layout of famous cities and landmarks, however won’t that take away from the actually experience of exploring an urban environment and interacting with culture? I feel like the poor will travel less as this will be the most affordable alternative therefore resulting in many people living their entire lives not getting to know Earth let alone their own country. You already with YouTube, “Why travel to Europe when you could watch Rick Steve’s program” mentality.

In conclusion, I feel blessed and honor to be living in one of the last eras of real human interaction. You thought smart phones left a scary impact in today’s communication standards, just wait til every American has a VR set at home where they could have instant 6 pack abs, own a yacht, having all the virtual sex you want...etc. As a kid I was so looking to getting old and seeing the future. It took me til now watching this video to realize i am now in the future, and it’s mind blowing the endless possibilities you could do in this fake universe. Fellow City Data users, if you end up using this technology, please use it for useful purposes, don’t get sucked in, appreciate the outdoors and eye to eye human contact; it won’t be around much longer very soon.

Not concerned at all.

Nothing is being taken away here... this is just an additional venue for humans to do human stuff

I grew up befor the internet really existed for most people. Barely ever used a computer until my early 20's when everybody was getting on the internet. So I'll continue to spend most of my time in the real world.

But if some gamer wants to put in a feeding tube, telecommute for a living and then play World of Warcraft for the rest of his waking hours... what do I care? It's not a problem for me.

I think VR will be a big deal at some point (or AR). We're not there yet, but huge strides have been made.

We're already at the point where VR is better than any other porn out there. And porn will continue to drive the industry