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More Dangerous Ideas

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In the virtual world, anything is possible. Let's explore that statement. It has been predicted that we will in just a few decades be able to upload our consciousness to computers(Ray Kurzweil, Futurist, Inventor). To give up our physical bodies in exchange for immortality. No more diseases or physical pain. Death will no longer be the end of the line, but instead just a problem to be solved. But what will our digital eternal life be like? Would it be an improvement to the real thing? Will we actually feel alive or be defined as living if in a machine? Yes, it seems for every question, another pops up. So I'm going to write down a list of questions I find most interesting and elaborate on them. Will we prefer the virtual world, if any, or would we try to get back into the real world and live again as robots? As Bill Gates has mentioned before, robots will in fact take most of our jobs eventually, perhaps in our lifetimes. I'm saying we might come back as those

Dangerous New Ideas

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Today the Oculus Rift Devkit 2 was announced by Oculus VR, and I will be ordering one soon. The new devkit is based off the Chrystal Cove prototype revealed at CES 2014 earlier this year. It features a higher resolution(960x1080 per eye on a Low Persistence OLED Display), a higher refreshrate(up to 75hz), and positional tracking which accurately tracks your real world head movements. I find myself wondering how far back in line I will be by waiting a few days to order it. Hopefully there will be enough to feed the masses that inevitably will be ordering. We also saw the reveal of Sony's own virtual reality headset which will also work with the PS4 recently. The Oculus Rift headset does not support consoles, only PC. The virtual reality revolution is coming along just great it seems. Hundreds, if not thousands of developers are creating custom made experiences for this new medium, right now. These developers will define what works, and what doesn't. They will create brand ne