Quantum3D/NVIDIA technology: Military Applications
Posted by
Hemos
on from the battle-of-the-video dept.
rask22 writes "FiringSquad has a interesting new article up discussing the changes at Quantum3D since the demise of 3dfx along with the current military applications of NVidia chipsets. Interesting to see how the US Gov is using all this technology coming out of the gaming sector."
Virtual violence begets actual violence
by
Gizzmonic
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· Score: 1, Flamebait
And the line between fantasy and reality blurs even further. People around this site like to say "Well it's just a game" when asked about their debilitating Quake addictions.
Yet the strongest military in the free world is using the same "game" as training material. Before that it was Doom, and before that, Battlezone. How many hours have you spent molding yourself into a ruthless killer?
When are we going to wise up and see Washington doing something about this. If they are using it to train soldiers, we shouldn't be allowing kids (or maybe even adults) anywhere near it.
I know it sounds ridiculous, but I might feel a little bit safer if we had something like background checks to prevent all those creepy, friendless joners from buying gruesomely violent games (Think Soldier of Fortune) I might sleep a little better.
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Yet the strongest military in the free world is using the same "game" as training material. Before that it was Doom, and before that, Battlezone. How many hours have you spent molding yourself into a ruthless killer?
When are we going to wise up and see Washington doing something about this. If they are using it to train soldiers, we shouldn't be allowing kids (or maybe even adults) anywhere near it.
I know it sounds ridiculous, but I might feel a little bit safer if we had something like background checks to prevent all those creepy, friendless joners from buying gruesomely violent games (Think Soldier of Fortune) I might sleep a little better.
(-1, Raw and Uncut is the only way to read)