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It's 2026, which tech did you realistically think we would have by now? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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[–] 53 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I thought VR/AR would be farther along. There was a pitch 10 years ago that VR would be the “final platform” in that anything a phone, TV, tablet, or computer could do could be easily emulated in VR.

Unfortunately it’s still all walled gardens. Also nobody wants to wear that shit for more than an hour.

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    More specifically I thought one of the approaches to an omni-treadmill would catch on enough for an at-home model to be available to the public.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Brain implants are progressing, so I'm still hopeful to see full-dive VR in my lifetime. Also scared of how it will be enshtitfied.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah... as amazing as full dive VR would be, I'd be afraid that weaponized would be a better term for how it would be implemented than enshitified.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Yeah, you coukd extend the social media reality bubbles ppl are living in to actual perceived reality. You coukd also block out homeless people and this hyper individuallism that it wouod enable would stop those kinds of problems from having any hope of being solved.

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