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In this post I want lớn show you how far away we are from a virtual realities lượt thích The Matrix or Sword Art Online.
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Could you imagine to lớn connect a trò chơi in which instead joysticks , you could interact with the trò chơi using your own senses? That is exactly what happen in the movie : The Matrix
or in my beloved anime: Sword Art Online
That would be awesome, but are they possible? Some company are trying khổng lồ create it?
Brain khổng lồ Computer interface
From the ancients days of computers, an interface khổng lồ connect the user with computer was required. It is also called peripherals in computer terms.
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There was a kind of devices able to lớn receive the human commands or signals and send them to the computer lớn perform some expected operation or behavior.
But since that days, we are almost in the same way: a lot of novel and modern devices to send information khổng lồ the computer:
And this is the same for games
What happen with the opposite? From computer khổng lồ the brain?
Computer lớn brain interface
If you google this, there is no information about it. All is related lớn the previous explained interface: Brain -> computer which is the opposite of what I want or what a real full dive virtual environment needs :(
An explanation could be that only two senses are the target of major companies: eyes, ears.
The headset sends information from the computer to the human. It could be music, realtime meeting, etc
The google glass and monitors (desktop/laptop) are in charge lớn send information from the computer to the human
Faking the human senses
The previous explained technology or devices are not enough lớn offer what sci fiction proposes: Send information direct lớn the brain as if they came from the senses.
Summarizing to the maximum, the information from real world is translated lớn electric pulses thanks to the senses. That electric pulses are sent lớn the brain using the nervous system.
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The following image show how a simple odor is transformed lớn electrical signal & sent khổng lồ the brain
So as a programmer, I cannot stop to lớn think that if I understand how a rose odor is translated to a specific electric signal, I could send it directly to lớn the nervous system. Like the mocks used in unit testing in software development.
Neuralink
This is real awesome but are in the category of brain to computer because thank to an implant directly in the brain, you could send information lớn the modern devices like smartphones, iot, etc
The Neuralink implant & its potential for neuro amplification và treatment modalities give rise lớn hopeful advancements in improving the lives of people with spinal cord injuries, neuro degenerative disorders, và neuro biological shortfalls. Source: https://assets.cureus.com/uploads/review_article/pdf/55684/20210429-2931-rj0qoo.pdf
Openbci
https://openbci.com is able to lớn get the brain signs và send to lớn the computer for specialized process. Imagine this: If you think in the letter “A”, this generate some electrical pulse in your brain. Openbci is able to detect that và send it khổng lồ the computer. What would you vì if you have the electrical pulses or signals of all letters?
Sadly this is a brain khổng lồ computer interface, again !!! Not the opposite : Brain to lớn computer interface
IBM & Sword Art Online
IBM nhật bản has announced Sword Art Online: The Beginning, a virtual reality project that aims to realize the world of the popular Sword Art Online light novel series. Check this https://vrscout.com/news/walkthrough-ibm-sword-art-online-vr-demo/
Rather than use a controller, the game will be played by moving your body. Reki Kawahara, creator of the Sword Art Online series, calls it “completely different from any game experience so far.”
The project uses a a next-generation computing system called the “Cognitive System” that supports human decision-making, as well as “Soft
Layer,” IBM’s high performance cloud system that produces the ambiance of a real world.
Check these videos
https://youtu.be/JAam8nWfr
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But sadly not is a real full dive, only a combination or oculus rift + hand joystick + body toàn thân sensors + platform khổng lồ walk without advancing
My researches
Years ago I was obsessed whit the goal to understand why no ones try lớn create a brain lớn computer interface. Me, a single mortal trying to figure out why major enterprises of technology with its engineers team, can vì chưng this. Dream is free, why not!
At this moment I lost the links and papers but I will research again. In the following paragraphs I will nói qua the most important what I remember. I will update it if I receive some claps with comments.
Send information to blind people
A research team was able to lớn send a kind of blurred colors khổng lồ a patient. This could be the starting point. Could you imagine if someone is able lớn send a single px directly to the brain và the human could see something lượt thích this:
If that is possible, as a developer I could send letters, numbers, và draw anything.
Also I could send a 3 chiều information from games like https://secondlife.com not with an oculus rift. Directly to lớn the brain:
Mapping human sense decodification
Imagine a framework in which all researches can upload how senses translate the real environment information to lớn a electrical pulses? We could have a database to lớn convert a virtual world lớn a electrical pulses which that could be understood by the brain
Lecture and image References
https://aminoapps.com/c/anime/page/blog/kirito-quotes/JJtd_uVo
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Conclusion
We are far far away from a real environment worlds like The Matrix or Sword Art Online because nobody is trying at least publicly.
I will save all the money I can, so that in my old age when I have financial freedom I can contribute lớn this dream. I will not see the result but at least in some book my name will be
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.Here I was, sailing the deep seas of the internet và are suddenly encounter a blog that caught my attention. I started looking threads and found one on the Nerver
Gear, the helmet that can take you lớn the virtual world of anime Sword Art Online. My goal is not to lớn debate this topic on the anime, since this is not the appropriate place, but specifically on the helmet and say why it is a not very distant reality. I"ll tell you that the text will be rather large, but those interested, read, will not regret. Let"s GO!But ... What is Nerve
Gear?
Many people bởi vì not see anime, or did not see or know this specifically, then, here"s a basic explanation: In 2012, the anime Sword Art Online (SAO) showed a fictitious reality - & well palpable - as we could see in terms of Virtual reality technology in the year 2022. The Nerve
Gear, shown in the anime, is a helmet that reads & sends information khổng lồ the brain. It serves khổng lồ read và transform into brain pulse commands within the virtual world và to send pulses to the brain in order lớn emulate sensation & perception. In the case of anime, sending impulses is so advanced that the helmet can make the user lớn disconnect from the real world và feel literally inside a virtual world. In technical terms what the helmet sends are several images per second to the brain in order to lớn emulate an environment (how many frames per second? I vì not know, but no lag, then it"s more than 24), this along with sensations of pain , cold, ect. All this while keeping the user in a semi-coma, unable to lớn feel, hear, or move your body in the real world, also the result of sending electrical impulses khổng lồ the brain.When I saw this I found very plausible, including the date, 2022. When the anime went however, although many people have found a cool idea, skepticism was huge in discussions when it would actually be possible: "2022 not in 2050 we have something !!! ". The skepticism was due to lớn the fact no one even be researching something, & they had not any virtual reality devices in reasonable time (at least not widely publicized). Coincidence or not, in 2012 (the same year the anime) the "Oculus Rift" appeared in a technology fair, & left big names in the games industry baffled with the immersion that he could pass.Oculus Rift?
The Oculus Rift is a device created by Palmer Luckey, an amateur games in seeking a more immersive experience. The idea of the Oculus Rift left the Palmer frustration after testing various virtual reality devices và disappointed with each of them. In 2012 he presented his project at a giải pháp công nghệ fair and the result was much higher than he expected. Big fish lượt thích the owner of Steam & other companies offered millions in investment for research, development & mass production of the device.The Oculus Rift is not just a rectangular display in front of you, he gives you the same field of vision of the human eye - that reaches almost 180 degrees. Combine this with the motion sensor lớn emulate human vision when you turn your head.After capital investment of large companies started the project to transform what was a prototype (which could be purchased through a more than $ 300 donation to the project on Kickstarter) in a commercially viable device. Và then started the changes, improvements launched and, guess what? SUCCESS!The biggest problem the company still faces the Oculus Rift (or facing) is the sick feeling that many people felt (some had no problems) after prolonged use of the device. The second cause explanations of analysts, was due lớn absurd soaking the device causes. Lớn put it simply, the sense of immersion is so great that your brain think you"re seeing something real, just that, as the prototype still gives some lags from time to time and still can not graphically convey the feeling of fluides real world (responsible for the device say that the final version that has been almost completely corrected), the human brain is confused & hence comes the feeling of sickness và malaise. This also occurs in games in first person, it is quite common. They say that the final version had this và other outstanding issues, but never had the opportunity to kiểm tra ... As I understand technology however, I am pretty sure that the device still has several bugs, and "things" that will need be improved. "Things" that will come in the second corrected version of the device, which will be better than the first (it will be repeated in version 3 & ect, but not as ridiculously as will happen from version 1 lớn 2). It is the same that occurs with new processor architectures, the jump from first khổng lồ second version is always the biggest.Still not enough!Only emulate the environment eye will not give a near SAO experience, since you will still need a manual control (mouse or joystick) to lớn move. The solution for this already exists as the video below shows through the simultaneous use of glasses with the Emotiv EPOC Rift và the Razer Hydra - all available for purchase on the Internet.The Emotiv EPOC can read electrical signals produced by the brain when we think, feel or bởi facial expressions. But how does it work? Example: When you think of "moving forward" the device will detect the brain wave created by that thought, giving a code to it - like 11101010 - then the device software will convert that number into a simpler reading, marking the code lớn 1, that the program"s language could be the floor of command forward. This process will be repeated for the thought of "going backwards", "aside", ect. After this calibration, game software would read the entry sent by EPOC software (the number converted khổng lồ 1, 2, 3, ect) và would make virtual avatar in the trò chơi walk forward or back, side, depending on the code sent. For every person is different, so before using one of these would be necessary lớn calibrate your brain impulses to lớn the device, walk forward to lớn you can be the impetus detected as the code 11153612, 11126001 khổng lồ someone else, that is, the impulse may look like but it is never the same in all people. The direction is given by the user"s head since the Oculus Rift has a motion sensor. And as the Emotiv EPOC still does not seem accurate enough khổng lồ be able to lớn move his arms with agility, the Razer Hydra unit is used khổng lồ emulate the movement of hands và arms in the game. You can find many users videos calibrating and using EPOC, worth checking out.Would not it dangerous ?!Of course the main SAO still have not (or at least not for sale on the internet for now), which is a device that sends waves khổng lồ the brain in order to emulate và control sensations và perceptions. But from the moment you read the brain becomes something simple, I vày not see why write it will be complicated. If the device can record the pulse coded as 11122210 is arm pain, nothing prevents that it can be optimized khổng lồ send that 11122210 boost for your brain to make you think you"re in pain in the arm. The biggest problem are the dangers that "writing in the brain" has (SAO even showed some of them how you hold in a coma và delete or manipulate their memories). But thinking logically, these devices that send impulses to the brain must come with "engines" unable khổng lồ create very strong impulses và potentially harmful to lớn the brain, so even that give trouble, the signal they send is so weak that impossible cause data real lớn the person"s brain. But we will have khổng lồ wait lớn be sure.The Perfect World
I am holding myself to use in games here, but it is logical that the application of this device will far beyond that. You can travel khổng lồ France without leaving home, meet her boyfriend (a) in a long-distance relationship - to lớn be far less lonely - meet with the family even more each other than on a planet or even create your own private virtual world. The porn industry will profit absurd in creating games with companions or realistic virtual companions (even if the sensations emulator is already up and running). Whether sees potential it already has a game with realistic graphics and women created from the motion capture real actresses in dev elopment pro Oculus Rift!My fear is that in the future people will lock up within these virtual worlds - khổng lồ be better than your reality in most cases. This already happens in MMORPG online, but immersion is still very low và most one sees controlling a puppet than actually feeling within the game. Now, when you feel inside of it, can turn your body toàn thân out of shape on a muscular toàn thân (or mã sản phẩm for women) & having a partner or companion (an NPC with a median AI created by you) perfect both aesthetically, when in terms of personality, by his side 100% of the time, you"ll want lớn get out of there? I"m afraid the answer, especially individuals with weak and disturbed psychological. & for people with a less fertile imagination, think that you could have your actor / actress or favorite idol beside him "doing what you want" all day, but you would have very close feelings the real world. Would you like to leave this place? The temptation is so great that I venture even a possible lock the device after so many hours of use, to lớn prevent people lock up in his private virtual worlds & do not want lớn leave the house, go lớn work or even feed themselves properly. The problem is that as well as unlock consoles lớn play pirated games, nothing prevents them discover how to lớn unlock something too.But when it comes? I"m crazy lớn buy! -q
Take into tài khoản that the virtual reality of beta testing will start in a few years with the launch of Morpheus (virtual reality glasses from Sony), it is not hard lớn believe that in 2022 there to be with something very close lớn what was shown in SAO . After all, look where cell phones were 10 years ago, only served lớn make connection. Today are handheld computers with more powerful processing that a đứng top PC 10 years ago. At about four years when the first smartphones were launched doubted they could have graphics of a console ... Has anyone played Infinite Blade 3? or Real Racing 3? None of them is far behind the graphics of an Xbox 360.The business is now wait and prepare, because the future of virtual reality will start in 2014. And if there"s one thing everyone who tested the Oculus Rift agree, is that it will change the khung of entertainment in gaming as we know it.What bởi you think?
And you, what they think of it? What are your expectations for 2022 in terms of technology?
Well, if one day it really come khổng lồ become a reality, most likely thing, I probably only use my time in the real world to lớn work and spend the rest in a virtual world. I must say that I approve of in parts.It is also likely khổng lồ be not such a striking, something like SAO same. At first, greatest revolution, everyone buying ... Then it would become something very casual. But of course that would have people (which I consider SICK) that pass all day playing, as well as in current MMORPGs.I think the bid of the risks lớn the brain would be the biggest problem. No matter the instructions vinhessem, timers, regulators who bởi vì the simulation is "less real" would always have trickster wanting to lớn find a way. Bum is cool, says Davy Jones. It"s lượt thích Nintendo. The cartridge told not lớn blow, & when the cartridge did not work people did what?
Of course, I"m also looking forward, what I most want is a bit of adrenaline / share. Always enjoyed more hardcore games (where you die long before passing of each part, like "Dark Souls") then I would see a game type SAO focused on physical fights proximity và little magic. As adventure / medieval tín đồ nothing would please me more than using a sword / shield or dual blades và out killing monsters, bosses and players feeling that it was really me who was there doing everything. :geek: :geek: :ugeek: :ugeek: :ugeek: :ugeek: :geek: :geek: