I did that for the first time this semester and reveled in the fact that, for once, I wasn't the one getting screwed in a transaction with the bookstore.
It seems to me that while external neural interface devices are useful, the real revolution will happen when industries band together and make true immersive gaming happen. Then, it won't simply be a home EEG or your thumbs controlling your in-game experience, but the complete facilities of your simulated "physical" body. I suppose it would take someone pretty bold to lead that revolution, though - not many people I've spoken to are eager to have their spines tapped into and their neurons commandeered by a computer game. There's always hope from the Singularitarians and other fringe technology-hyper groups, though.
-Antiphon
http://www.igsig.org/
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I did that for the first time this semester and reveled in the fact that, for once, I wasn't the one getting screwed in a transaction with the bookstore.
It seems to me that while external neural interface devices are useful, the real revolution will happen when industries band together and make true immersive gaming happen. Then, it won't simply be a home EEG or your thumbs controlling your in-game experience, but the complete facilities of your simulated "physical" body. I suppose it would take someone pretty bold to lead that revolution, though - not many people I've spoken to are eager to have their spines tapped into and their neurons commandeered by a computer game. There's always hope from the Singularitarians and other fringe technology-hyper groups, though. -Antiphon http://www.igsig.org/