Virtual reality
Monday, July 28, 2003 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
We have all seen how the Internet in the past decade has transformed the way we communicate with one another.
Here we are, people from around the world communicating in ways that would have seem unimaginable.
I know on a daily basis it seems like the world has been turned upside down. For instance, on our IRC channel I might be holding conversations with Adam who writes SkinStudio, working from Poland while in another chat window I'm talking to Alberto who's working from Italy and Neil from UK. Meanwhile, in IM I might be talking to Alexandrie and Treetog who themselves work together as part of Pixtudio despite one being in Brazil and the other in Canada.
But what is the next step? People have predicted virtual reality for a long time to come. What do you imgaine being the next step of communication and how do you imagine it being done?
Reply #3 Monday, July 28, 2003 11:38 PM
Reply #4 Monday, July 28, 2003 11:40 PM
What would be the ultimate *fantasy* idea for virtual reality? Well if everyone had mega-bandwidth...it would be kinda cool to be any fantasy character you wanted and be a virtual avatar of any character you chose and you could move and pose and BE that avatar as he moved with your movements etc.
Ah well. Now we're just dreamin'
Reply #5 Tuesday, July 29, 2003 5:29 PM
There's only a PDF description available at the moment but the next alpha is due at time now (TM)
The Squeak environment it runs under is a total mindspin! Talk about open source!
Reply #6 Tuesday, July 29, 2003 5:46 PM
Reply #7 Tuesday, July 29, 2003 7:40 PM
Hum, I wouldn't describe this as Virtual Reality. My understanding of VR is "something that seems real but is not", something like the Matrix. To me, communication via the Internet is just the plain old reality, but using a new medium.
The first people who used the telephone probably also had the same kind of awe about it.
Reply #8 Wednesday, July 30, 2003 12:46 AM
Reply #9 Wednesday, July 30, 2003 12:45 PM
I would like real time video phones....but with the option to turn the video part off
Just look at how far mobile phone have come. I got my first one 8 years ago, and talk time was almost $1.00 per minute. It was common for them to have a "briefcase" attached to them back then. (Mine didn't have one, but it was freakin' huge....) It's amazing how fast technology is changing.
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Reply #1 Monday, July 28, 2003 11:30 PM
it will need massive bandwidth however.