Taken from Joe Rogan Experience #1342 w/John Carmack: https://youtu.be/udlMSe5-zP8
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Taken from Joe Rogan Experience #1342 w/John Carmack: https://youtu.be/udlMSe5-zP8
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– I DON'T GET –
OLDER
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I LEVEL UP ⬆️
It sucks to hear this man left the VR world
3 years later: Meh. not much happened yet.
Interview a Tech Nerd so Joe Rogan can go to sleep!
I enjoyed John Carmack talking about virtual reality and what it could do for people. I can agree with a fair few of the points that John makes in the video about this topic. Virtual reality is certainly something that could progress into becoming a world altering piece of technology. Like any other intriguing upcoming technology, we all get together to discuss and try our bests to figure out the potential implications it could have on the world. This is a good thing that we do to prepare ourselves for such implications which helps us adapt better to our new world, so I’m happy to see discussions of the sort taking place here. It seems quite a few people are concerned about how virtual reality could potentially become an addictive piece of technology that causes people to replace actual reality with virtual reality. I can agree with the fact that some people will unfortunately become addicted to a certain extent, because it is nearly impossible for anything in this world to be completely free from overuse or overconsumption by people. However, I don’t think it is as big of a problem as people have made it out to be, because virtual reality lacks the extremely high level of immersion to become more compelling than actual reality to some people. In contrast to some others’ opinions, I believe that virtual reality will turn out to be highly beneficial.
@Noah, I can agree with you that something generally becomes more addictive as it stimulates more sense. However, I actually find that this very point can be shown to contradict your argument that virtual reality will trap people in a “fake” world as I agree with John Carmack stating in the video that “virtual reality stimulates two senses very well.” John does not say which two senses they are, but an article from the Virtual Times (https://virtualtimes-h2020.eu/how-does-our-brain-respond-to-virtual-reality/) reveals that these two senses are sight and sound. The article also shows how virtual reality cannot become more compelling than actual reality by showing how various parts of rats’ brains actually functioned less in virtual reality than actual reality. However, I do believe that it’s only fair to mention that the study in the article only uses rats and not humans, so there may be a chance that it’s different for people. Since actual reality is constantly stimulating all five of our senses which is more than the two senses virtual reality stimulates and a study using rats reveals decreased brain function, we can conclude that virtual reality in its current state cannot be more compelling than actual reality as it stimulates less senses than actual reality.
From the video, John Carmack admits how anything in virtual reality will not be as good as having that same thing in real life. Obtaining a mansion in virtual reality lacks the full satisfaction that having one in actual reality would produce as one can acquire a mansion in virtual reality easily which means that it becomes a common thing that anyone can have unlike the few people that have mansions in actual reality. This same idea that the value of something decreases in virtual reality holds true for many if not all items in virtual reality. I believe this additional piece of reasoning should calm people’s worries about the potential of virtual reality replacing actual reality in some people’s lives.
For the benefits of virtual reality, you can look at this article from Metaverse VR Now (https://metaversevrnow.com/vr/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-virtual-reality/) which even includes some potential disadvantages of virtual reality if you are interested. The article lists out eight advantages of virtual reality which are medical therapy, immersive experience, increased productivity, escapism, communication and collaboration, education and training, gaming and entertainment, and social networking. Please read the article if you want to read details about each of the above points listed. From personal experience, I can say that virtual reality has helped me have fun and let me see places closer in more detail than I could ever have seen considering they were lots of miles away from me. In the video, John Carmack says how virtual reality helps people experience things that they could have never experienced before which my personal experiences help to show.
Virtual reality is certainly something that we all should be keeping an eye on as it could affect all of our futures. I hope that we can discover more evidence that helps reveal the truth about what virtual reality can do and how it affects us in the near future. Have a great day!