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Matrix-Like VR Coming in the Near Future?

Posted by Zonk on from the can't-see-anything-bad-happening-there. dept.

Anonymongoose writes "A researcher at Brookhaven National Lab reckons it could be just a few years before computers can pass through the uncanny valley. The article refers to this as a 'Graphics Turing Test': 'a computer can be considered intelligent if it can create an artificial world capable of fooling a person into believing it is the real thing.' Michael McGuigan has been performing some interesting experiments using Brookhaven's Blue Gene/L supercomputer and has shown that it can produce realistic lighting effects in real time. McGuigan's original research paper (pdf) is available online."

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  1. What the heck... by Seakip18 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What the heck are they going to be rendering? I mean, i keep hearing how it'll be ultra-realistic...but will people suddenly start rendering things like never before? Excuse me for my incompetence though.

    Off topic rant..
    Ok. So, this new discussion system is kinda half-cocked. I wanna revert it to the good ol' html click boxes. Where the heck is the option under my preferences?

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    import system.cool.Sig;
  2. Re:Yawn by Pennidren · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did you know that urine is sterile? You can drink it.

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    The key word there being can ...