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'real' VR devices existed before the holodeck
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mah!
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From the article: when Star Trek's "holodeck" appeared, it bore no resemblance to anything tangible. These days it is known as the precursor of augmented/virtual reality applications such as virtual surgery or holographic simulation training programs
hmm...
In fact, although the holodeck-likeCAVE was introduced in 1992 - 5 years after ST:NG's debut, VR systems had been around a few years already.
Re:Get your SciFi right
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1984 is about totalitarianism in general, not communism in particular.
(And it's a dystopia, not a distopia).
"Don't worry about Big Brother" because it'd be embarrassingly inefficient? I don't want to be subjected to embarrassingly inefficient state voyeurism, either. So I still do worry.
Slashdot Mirror
Short one, but not short enough to take the 1st prize.
The Build Your Own Bar Stool Racer story had a shorter topic.
The fact that I remember this is clearly a sign of way too many hours on this site.
Melius mori in libertate quam vivere in servitute.
when Star Trek's "holodeck" appeared, it bore no resemblance to anything tangible. These days it is known as the precursor of augmented/virtual reality applications such as virtual surgery or holographic simulation training programs
hmm...
In fact, although the holodeck-like CAVE was introduced in 1992 - 5 years after ST:NG's debut, VR systems had been around a few years already.
For example, Lanier's VPL had the first commercial interface gloves (1984). head mounted displays (1987), and networked virtual world system (1989).
1984 is about totalitarianism in general, not communism in particular.
(And it's a dystopia, not a distopia).
"Don't worry about Big Brother" because it'd be embarrassingly inefficient? I don't want to be subjected to embarrassingly inefficient state voyeurism, either. So I still do worry.