Consider this...all that you know about reality is what your senses tell you. (eyesight, tastes, smell, kenetics, balance, etc, etc.) Your natural sensors (eyes, ears nose, etc) send signals to your brains. Once the technology is perfected will your brain be able to tell if a nerve signal is coming from your eyeball or from a camera a thousand miles away?
Apply the same concept to ALL of your senses including touch, forcefeedback and the operation of your hands, arms, and legs.
sweet tunnels!
My bet is on virtual reality.
Virtual reality won't get you from point A to B
Ever hear of telepresence and tele-operation
Consider this...all that you know about reality is what your senses tell you. (eyesight, tastes, smell, kenetics, balance, etc, etc.) Your natural sensors (eyes, ears nose, etc) send signals to your brains. Once the technology is perfected will your brain be able to tell if a nerve signal is coming from your eyeball or from a camera a thousand miles away?
Apply the same concept to ALL of your senses including touch, forcefeedback and the operation of your hands, arms, and legs.
Wouldn't that technology re-define being there?
Ok I suppose if you didn't know the difference, it wouldn't matter.
exactly the point.