Well first of all the first movie barely even showed the Real World, where Neo is mortal as can be. The war with the machines has to be won on two fronts, in the Matrix, and in reality. In the matrix the idea seems to be to turn Neo into a superhero character, while the fight in the real world is more and more resembling the rebels vs. the galactic empire theme we all know and love.
My thought is that a lot of you guys are being a bit harsh. They say it isn't going to cause blindness I am willing to suspend my disbelief for a while. The thing that really caught my attention was that on there somewhere they said that the images projected onto the retina could be seen by some legally blind people. They certainly don't need to worry about it blinding them, and can you imagine a blind guy being able to see with something like that? I mean, it would probably have to sense where everything was with some kind of sonar type thing, and display in wire-frame, but that's better than nothing I say. Hmm, there are some limitations though, would it work inside a car? What kind of range? Anyway, this idea interests me because I have had a friend who was legally blind and I wonder if he could be helped with some kind of "bionic eyes"...
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Well first of all the first movie barely even showed the Real World, where Neo is mortal as can be. The war with the machines has to be won on two fronts, in the Matrix, and in reality. In the matrix the idea seems to be to turn Neo into a superhero character, while the fight in the real world is more and more resembling the rebels vs. the galactic empire theme we all know and love.
My thought is that a lot of you guys are being a bit harsh. They say it isn't going to cause blindness I am willing to suspend my disbelief for a while. The thing that really caught my attention was that on there somewhere they said that the images projected onto the retina could be seen by some legally blind people. They certainly don't need to worry about it blinding them, and can you imagine a blind guy being able to see with something like that? I mean, it would probably have to sense where everything was with some kind of sonar type thing, and display in wire-frame, but that's better than nothing I say. Hmm, there are some limitations though, would it work inside a car? What kind of range? Anyway, this idea interests me because I have had a friend who was legally blind and I wonder if he could be helped with some kind of "bionic eyes"...