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Remember how we're all supposed to be flying through cyberspace, entering three-dimensional worlds and having sex with supermodels at our leisure?

What the hell happend to that?!? I haven't heard word one about virtual reality in years! Why am I not strapping Playstation 3 to my head and actually feeling the flames that the dragon I'm fighting is spewing out?

I, for one, am very disappointed. :(

Virtual Reality?

Dude, that is like, sooo 80s. :rolleyes:

http://www.tentakelvilla.de/samnmax/sam7.gif

i think thats all that needs to be said here :cool:

Remember how we're all supposed to be flying through cyberspace, entering three-dimensional worlds and having sex with supermodels at our leisure?

What the hell happend to that?!? I haven't heard word one about virtual reality in years! Why am I not strapping Playstation 3 to my head and actually feeling the flames that the dragon I'm fighting is spewing out?

I, for one, am very disappointed. :(

Didn't you get that adapter with your PS2?

Virtual Reality?

Dude, that is like, sooo 80s. :rolleyes:

At the rate the retro movement is progressing, I think it's time for the return of the 80s. :)

Didn't you get that adapter with your PS2?

I must've left it with my Power Glove. :(

lol, anyone remember the PS2 commercial with the "PS 9" in it? Someone in one of my classes at the time thought it was real. *sighs*

Sadly, LG, we've only gotten semi passable holograms at this point. And they're really not all that impressive, either. We need some serious gamers in the R&D sectors of that.

lol, anyone remember the PS2 commercial with the "PS 9" in it? Someone in one of my classes at the time thought it was real. *sighs*

Sadly, LG, we've only gotten semi passable holograms at this point. And they're really not all that impressive, either. We need some serious gamers in the R&D sectors of that.

Well, we have to get cracking! By Madden 2009, I want to get tackled so hard I can't see straight for three days. :)

VR? That really died in the arse didn't it.

The movie lawnmower man showed people the danger of virtual reality and they had to shut the project down

I'd like Virtual Reality.

*Eyes his Metal Gear Solid game*

Yep, I can't wait to be shot a few dozen times by Russian guns. Can't wait. ;)

And Kingdom Hearts, I'd like to slap Mickey around a bit.

*snip*

And Kingdom Hearts, I'd like to slap Mickey around a bit.

No, no. Goofy and Donald. Most bloody useless sidekicks/party members I've ever dealt with. Bastards.

Well, we have to get cracking! By Madden 2009, I want to get tackled so hard I can't see straight for three days. :)

lol, think of the more "morally ambiguous" uses video games may take on.

I used to work for this company: http://www.vividgroup.com/

They were bright young lads back in '85, put together a proprietary 'VR' system using motion-tracking cameras and blue-screens, for public installations.

And it wasn't a tenth as cool as it sounded just then. The tragedy is they haven't done anything really new in ten years. And it looks it.

Dude ... VR will just pave the way for the Matrix to take us all. We can't have that, now can we?

I want things to taste like chicken because my taste buds aren't refined enough to tell the difference, not because some machine couldn't figure it out.

Damn you, LG. Damn you and your Matrix loving heart!

Dude ... VR will just pave the way for the Matrix to take us all. We can't have that, now can we?

I want things to taste like chicken because my taste buds aren't refined enough to tell the difference, not because some machine couldn't figure it out.

Damn you, LG. Damn you and your Matrix loving heart!
Scary thought. A virtual reality version of NS. I'll let you ponder that as I sleep.

Scary thought. A virtual reality version of NS. I'll let you ponder that as I sleep.

If you can sleep after that thought .......

I must've left it with my Power Glove. :(
and snes laser cannon

Scary thought. A virtual reality version of NS. I'll let you ponder that as I sleep.
you know i had the idea of making an NS room at www.habbohotel.com for some time now, but sadly the shockwave stuff just doesn't load for me for some reason :(

No, no. Goofy and Donald. Most bloody useless sidekicks/party members I've ever dealt with. Bastards.



lol, think of the more "morally ambiguous" uses video games may take on.

I can almost hear the squeals as Timmy gets caught by the prison rapist in the latest Grand Theft Auto game. :eek:

It died with the Virtual Boy *winces*

Because your Government is not ready for you to have those toys. Your Government knows whats best for you. Trust your Government.

Why am I not strapping Playstation 3 to my head and actually feeling the flames that the dragon I'm fighting is spewing out?

I, for one, am very disappointed. :(

You are blaming technology for your own imaginitive failings here. Simply place a lit blowtorch next to your favourite gaming chair the next time you come up against the uber-dragon.

Scary thought. A virtual reality version of NS. I'll let you ponder that as I sleep.
I like that idea. Next time I see a poster making that same stupid joke for the 300th time, or uttering political cliches, I can just run up and kick them in the balls.
*Cackles in utter evil joy*

Anyway, I want my copy of Killobyte so I can shoot RPGs at dragons. That book was written a decade (or 2) ago, and about people with craptastical computers, so why is it that instead of a virtual, online world where I can do anything (provided that it involves violence or sex), all I have is Battlefield 2 and an email account with over 200 megs of spam about porn, penis enhancement, penis enhancement porn, and porn enhancement? What went wrong? Why is this future so bleak? Why have we reneged on the promises of the past about the future? Why do I use words like renege even though no one else uses them?
I blame you Science! Instead of focusing on the important things (like VR worlds) you wasted your endeavours on finding cures to "cancer" and "other cancers".

P.S.: I use renege because I am an ass, this also explains my regular attempt to alienate others with literary/film references that are some what bizarre.

Oh it exists. Too bad the actually impressive stuff is hideously expensive.

Anyone remember the tv show VR5, which lasted maybe a dozen episodes?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112209/

Proved one thing, tv execs can't really grasp technology..

The rich are the scum of the earth in every country. - G. K. Chesterton, Flying Inn (1914)

I like that idea. Next time I see a poster making that same stupid joke for the 300th time, or uttering political cliches, I can just run up and kick them in the balls.
*Cackles in utter evil joy*

Anyway, I want my copy of Killobyte so I can shoot RPGs at dragons. That book was written a decade (or 2) ago, and about people with craptastical computers, so why is it that instead of a virtual, online world where I can do anything (provided that it involves violence or sex), all I have is Battlefield 2 and an email account with over 200 megs of spam about porn, penis enhancement, penis enhancement porn, and porn enhancement? What went wrong? Why is this future so bleak? Why have we reneged on the promises of the past about the future? Why do I use words like renege even though no one else uses them?
I blame you Science! Instead of focusing on the important things (like VR worlds) you wasted your endeavours on finding cures to "cancer" and "other cancers".

P.S.: I use renege because I am an ass, this also explains my regular attempt to alienate others with literary/film references that are some what bizarre.

YAY! :D

It has virtually disappeared.

http://www.tentakelvilla.de/samnmax/sam7.gif

i think thats all that needs to be said here :cool:

I bow down to you :D

Remember how we're all supposed to be flying through cyberspace, entering three-dimensional worlds and having sex with supermodels at our leisure?

What the hell happend to that?!? I haven't heard word one about virtual reality in years! Why am I not strapping Playstation 3 to my head and actually feeling the flames that the dragon I'm fighting is spewing out?

I, for one, am very disappointed. :(

Because ordinary games haven't been milked for cash until the last drop yet.

I can site many reasons why virtual reality never took off but I think the biggest of these is the internet. VR was envisioned before the internet became even a tenth of what it is today. The internet provides interaction with other human beings that far surpasses whatever VR could accomplish. The uses of VR are limited. You can already turn on your computer and become someone else, limited only by your own imagination.

VR will probably be developed and made affordable at some point in the future, but for now the internet continues to be the most exciting frontier to explore. Think about it, if you were gonna play a VR football game where you can actually feel yourself get tackled, why not buy yourself a football and go out and play for real instead? It does have its uses (handicapped people might not be able to play football but could play this, people without any athletic ability could suddenly throw a football 50 yards, agoraphobes could actually develop a pseudosocial life in virtual meeting places, etc.), but there simply arent as many uses as there are for the internet. Even when it comes to gaming, VR suffers from the same problem a3d sound technology suffered from which helped lead to its fall and the triumph of the alternative eax (it was only useful for first person games).

I bow down to you :D
yay finally somebody got it :p :fluffle:

I just ran across this strangely relevant link while checking the latest headlines on Wired:

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,68575,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1

I've been working on military and civil simulators for the last 15 years and they are as VR as anything can be. If the customer wants to pay the money you really can feel that you are driving the train (or whatever). But they are very boring unless you're a train, tank, artillary or whatever geek. Steppping out of the machine and experiencing everything first hand is the hard bit

I can site many reasons why virtual reality never took off but I think the biggest of these is the internet. VR was envisioned before the internet became even a tenth of what it is today. The internet provides interaction with other human beings that far surpasses whatever VR could accomplish. The uses of VR are limited. You can already turn on your computer and become someone else, limited only by your own imagination.

VR will probably be developed and made affordable at some point in the future, but for now the internet continues to be the most exciting frontier to explore. Think about it, if you were gonna play a VR football game where you can actually feel yourself get tackled, why not buy yourself a football and go out and play for real instead? It does have its uses (handicapped people might not be able to play football but could play this, people without any athletic ability could suddenly throw a football 50 yards, agoraphobes could actually develop a pseudosocial life in virtual meeting places, etc.), but there simply arent as many uses as there are for the internet. Even when it comes to gaming, VR suffers from the same problem a3d sound technology suffered from which helped lead to its fall and the triumph of the alternative eax (it was only useful for first person games).

Biggest advantage of Virtual Reality vs. Actual reality: Space.

A VR football game would(presumably) be considerably more compact than a football field. *nod* Hence the Star Trek Holodecks.