4th September 2005, 9:55 PM
"VR" has been around for some time now. It's not that impressive. It's basically a motion sensing helmet with the camera in the game's engine linked to the motion sensor. It does let you do some interesting things, but you are more or less limited since you can't exactly run and jump around without horribly mutilating yourself thanks to the real world having to go and still BE there and all.
On the other hand, some sort of mind link would be nice. Such a link isn't forbidden by the laws of physics as we understand them... per say... but that's about all we've got going towards figuring out that puzzle.
On the other hand, some sort of mind link would be nice. Such a link isn't forbidden by the laws of physics as we understand them... per say... but that's about all we've got going towards figuring out that puzzle.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)