Comments on: The Future of Virtual Worlds http://www.realityprime.com/articles/the-future-of-virtual-worlds Advanced Technology Research Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:50:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: RealityPrime » What is a Virtual World? http://www.realityprime.com/articles/the-future-of-virtual-worlds/comment-page-1#comment-9854 RealityPrime » What is a Virtual World? Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:48:27 +0000 http://www.realityprime.com/articles/the-future-of-virtual-worlds#comment-9854 [...] Augmented World – based on the real world, but adding magic. [...] [...] Augmented World – based on the real world, but adding magic. [...]

]]> By: avi http://www.realityprime.com/articles/the-future-of-virtual-worlds/comment-page-1#comment-7666 avi Thu, 08 May 2008 04:19:43 +0000 http://www.realityprime.com/articles/the-future-of-virtual-worlds#comment-7666 For one thing, their headset is still very large -- not something you'd wear out. For another, as far as I know, it still works by recognizing patterns you train it to recognize. For example, you think about a word and associate that thought with an action in a game. I haven't yet seen anything that can recognize ad hoc facial expressions and/or thoughts, including that interesting product you linked to. I think it could do well, but I'd bet that even they would need an initial success plus 3-5 years more R&D to do what we're talking about here. For one thing, their headset is still very large — not something you’d wear out. For another, as far as I know, it still works by recognizing patterns you train it to recognize. For example, you think about a word and associate that thought with an action in a game. I haven’t yet seen anything that can recognize ad hoc facial expressions and/or thoughts, including that interesting product you linked to.

I think it could do well, but I’d bet that even they would need an initial success plus 3-5 years more R&D to do what we’re talking about here.

]]> By: Brian http://www.realityprime.com/articles/the-future-of-virtual-worlds/comment-page-1#comment-7665 Brian Thu, 08 May 2008 03:46:33 +0000 http://www.realityprime.com/articles/the-future-of-virtual-worlds#comment-7665 "Give it 3-5 years to solve capturing your facial expressions from such a headset, just to be safe." Probably sooner than that! There's a game controller in the works that reads facial expressions... http://www.emotiv.com/corporate/1_0/1_2.htm (the bottom paragraph there, on Expressiiv...) “Give it 3-5 years to solve capturing your facial expressions from such a headset, just to be safe.”

Probably sooner than that! There’s a game controller in the works that reads facial expressions…

http://www.emotiv.com/corporate/1_0/1_2.htm

(the bottom paragraph there, on Expressiiv…)

]]> By: avi http://www.realityprime.com/articles/the-future-of-virtual-worlds/comment-page-1#comment-7662 avi Tue, 06 May 2008 20:04:15 +0000 http://www.realityprime.com/articles/the-future-of-virtual-worlds#comment-7662 3-5 years is just for the 3D rendering side. I agree behavior for "NPCs" (AI, etc.>) is more than 5 years out. Overlays are only limited by display and sensor tech. 3-5 years is just for the 3D rendering side. I agree behavior for “NPCs” (AI, etc.>) is more than 5 years out. Overlays are only limited by display and sensor tech.

]]> By: Niraj http://www.realityprime.com/articles/the-future-of-virtual-worlds/comment-page-1#comment-7661 Niraj Tue, 06 May 2008 19:54:48 +0000 http://www.realityprime.com/articles/the-future-of-virtual-worlds#comment-7661 I completely agree with what you said here, though I suspect that timeline is too aggressive...we are just getting into very rough overlays like the GPS arrow projected onto a car windshield, and I suspect it will be more than 3 years to get to real-time photorealistic overlays. I'd guess 5 years to get there, and 10 years to emerge from the uncanny valley, based on the rates of improvement over the last few years. I completely agree with what you said here, though I suspect that timeline is too aggressive…we are just getting into very rough overlays like the GPS arrow projected onto a car windshield, and I suspect it will be more than 3 years to get to real-time photorealistic overlays. I’d guess 5 years to get there, and 10 years to emerge from the uncanny valley, based on the rates of improvement over the last few years.

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