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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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  2. Re:This isn't the Matrix... by glitch23 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Homosexuality: not even mentioned in the Gospels, and the Old Testament has more to say about the evil of pork.

    This is offtopic but if people weren't supposed to start offtopic conversations we wouldn't have sigs or put statements in sigs to instigate conversations. Anyway....your point? Just because homosexuality isn't mentioned in the Gospels does not mean it isn't anywhere in the Bible nor does it change the Bible's view on the issue. In fact, homosexuality is mentioned in various places (here are a few):

    "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators nor idolators, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God." 1 Corinthians 6:9 KJV

    You shall not lie with man as one lies with a women; this is an abomination. Leviticus 18:22

    If a man also lie with mankind as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they should surely be put to death. Leviticus 20:13

    Funny comment time:

    Not to mention being able to do it for hundreds of thousands of people, some of whom might be spaced out all over the world, with no appreciable lag... Oh, and having many separate strong AIs all running on the same hardware...

    I'm sure you are guaranteed some lag in input if they are actually spaced out as you state. A small minority probably won't even be conscious given enough time to drink beforehand (or during) game play.

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  3. 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 ...