Virtual reality companies develop better and cheaper devices are very hard, and effort than the four. But they still don't know how to make virtual reality becomes an integral part of your life, so have to go sword and medals, interested in learning about science fiction experience.
According to New York Times understand, Oculus will to each bit new employees sent a this science fiction players first, (Ready Player One); another a well-known of enhanced reality technology company Magic Leap is two years ago just go into public vision didn't long, on hired has science fiction writer Neal Stephenson served as "Chief future doctrine who"; and Microsoft HoloLens its name is in tribute interstellar Trek in the of holographic deck holodeck.
Founder of Oculus Palmer Luckey believes that science fiction is to imagine the benefits of rich people will help us to understand how technology should be used, provide a lot of good ideas. With three large Oculus, Sony and HTC devices release approaching, this combined with science fiction demands more and more urgent.
How users can interact with the virtual world is still an unknown, perhaps is the role of science fiction. Science fiction in shaping the company to promote virtual reality technology by language, affect the type of experience, and provides developers with a long-term goal.
Of the player's first, is perhaps the most suitable for a novel of virtual reality, including global network of virtual reality in the story of Oasis (OASIS), personas online school, social, treasure hunting game. In 2011, the book was published, the author is Ernest Cline, and Luckey is also set to work on early prototypes of the Oculus. He said, like a novel is set, people will use a full body suit to control virtual characters, but not as cerebral as the matrix after intubation. He also believes that the book's setting is feasible, not crazy.
Oculus is so interested in science fiction, so much so that last year to attend their own Developer Conference provides 3000 copies of the player's first, and company headquarters meeting rooms are named for science fiction, for example using the holodeck Matrix and holodeck,Oasis, as well as the famous science fiction writer William Gibson's Neuromancer Neuromancer.
Cline wrote part of the novel is, he does not understand why not popularized in the reality of virtual reality. Oculus to his employees had several lessons, and that in virtual reality, "Palmer also has the same power." Like a Magnum Opus of the Neuromancer, affecting more than writer, and businessman.
As for Silicon Valley Nerd, reading science fiction is not need him to push things, after all, it is their spiritual sustenance, should engineers don't know what the Millennium Falcon. There is no doubt that science fiction has influenced every aspect of science and technology, from cell phones to the robot to space exploration. iPhone 6 case Givenchy
But the relationship between virtual reality and science fiction also has its own side. Virtual reality to convince people that they exist in a nonexistent place, playing someone who is not you.
Magic Leap were more radical than the average company, which employs three science fiction and fantasy novelist, one of the most well-known is Stephenson, avalanche, a novel he published in 1992 described a virtual world Metaverse. In an interview, although he did not say what they do, but are "projects". He also believes that science fiction movies in the science and technology company focused on the common ideal of the staff is very helpful, this process "does not need PPT".
But there are a few topics of science fiction talk about: the dystopian aspect of virtual reality. Novels about the negative effects of virtual reality in addiction, divorced from reality and alienation of the environment. This is not a selling point of virtual reality equipment. If not for the interests of, like that of the Oculus company is optimistic about the future, it may be out of a business nature. Givenchy iPhone 6
In addition, even science fiction reference for technology companies, but it will not help to solve technical problems, and the writers ignores the technical details. At least in the novel do not need to restart the machine, even if it is for the writer, their equipment is much more interesting than reality.
Content is like a seed of science fiction, may have to wait decades to germinate. In the 70 's of last century appeared in the Star Wars holographic chess game, now we have the Hololens device, you can stack a layer of digital imaging. You read science fiction, is the future of virtual reality.
via nytimes
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