Hi Al, I think the answer lies in the person's mental stability. As I mentioned in my prior post a well balanced, well adjusted, person wouldn't get hooked on virtual reality gaming machines. Some people who were born blind, for example, are probably very comfortable being blind and a game that simulates sight might be interesting to them but might not be a spectacular experience. Part of the reason is that there are a lot of visual concepts like colors, depth perception, etc that might be mental overload for them at first. They'd have to ease into the entire concept of sight.
Then again, if there was a way for a virtual reality game to transfer images etc directly into the human brain why couldn't that same technology be used to transfer images from the real world into the human brain. In such a case I for one would say "to heck with the game" and pick the technology that simulates sight. Anything that would help me walk around, watch TV, read printed materials, etc would be far more addictive and useful to me than a V.R. game. Cheers! On 7/26/12, Allan Thompson <allan1.thomp...@cox.net> wrote: > Hi Dakotah, > I couldn't agree with you more. Very well said indeed. > My only comment when it comes to Matrix style brain gaming is that I think > safety measures would be put in that would prevent most of the problems > that might arise with normal person usage. > For the disabled however, I can see it becoming very addictive and popular, > if ever it happened. I mean, a paralyzed person would feel whole again, a > blind person could see, deaf could hear, etc and so forth. Why would anyone > disabled leave such an environment for reality? I guess I am talking beyond > games to interconnectivity of brain with a computer simulation or even with > others linked in. > > al > "The truth will set you free" > Jesus Christ of Nazareth 33A.D. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
