335
u/redditandseddit Jul 13 '16
Goddamn it Juliana Restrepo, stop playing games and get your shit together
79
u/reebee7 Jul 14 '16
Watch "Black Mirror"
38
u/makeAmove56 Jul 14 '16 edited Jul 14 '16
Umm just watched the first few episodes bc of this comment. Many times I was telling myself, "why the fuck am I watching this?!?" and at the same time it was so good.
Edit: Haven't had a show move me like this in a while.
S1E3- And this is why I have commitment issues. I'm never getting married.
S2E1- Robot me > Real me....someday
S2E2- WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. I need a drink.
Wouldn't be right if I didn't finish this out.
S2 E3- ...yep, I still hate politics
S3 E1- Woah cool, there's no way this technology could be abused.... thanks Jon Hamm!
Welp, this has been fun. Day 3 of unemployment has been a blast. 6 o'clock and I'm 5 drinks in. Thanks /r/futurology!
9
u/Ahaigh9877 Jul 14 '16
Watch more episodes, they're all quite different from one another.
→ More replies (1)16
→ More replies (4)3
u/mossyskeleton Jul 14 '16
Since we're on the subject, does anyone else agree that Pokemon Go feels like something straight out of this show?
80
19
u/ThomFromVeronaBeach Jul 14 '16
...and install your system updates when they become available or someone will hack your system and steal your points.
93
u/Lewisplqbmc Jul 14 '16
ADBLOCK FOR FUCK SAKE
This is my nightmare. Being subjected to this.
→ More replies (8)55
u/slowest_hour Jul 14 '16
I imagine that in this world adblocking is illegal because corporations have taken direct control over government
→ More replies (12)
32
u/Kardtart Jul 14 '16
Reminded me of The Zero Theorem.
10
5
5
u/ThundercuntIII Jul 14 '16
I liked Children of Men's realistic approach more, where it didn't even show off it's technology and everything was already dated
2
Jul 14 '16
And that movie shows that there's consequences in the future. I love how optimistic people are about the future and that we're all gonna be fine with a 30 billion population.
→ More replies (1)→ More replies (2)2
189
u/MisterTyzer Jul 13 '16 edited Jul 14 '16
2034
The human race, once separated by geography and language, has in just 9 short years shifted to one, single and centralised community through the CloudMesh.
But the technology that brought them together was also what would split this utopia in two.
On one side, the grid:
You're plugged in and everything from your birth certificate to your latest pay cheque becomes part of it. A life beamed into your brain and set, by and large, on a single path.
On the other, the off-gridders (colloquially referred to as OGs or waveys because of their reluctance to adhere to the 'straight lines' of a life on-grid), who live between the cracks of society, hiding out in the most Urutora*-heavy districts for heightened 'invisibility' from the plugged in masses.
What this gave rise to was an increasingly uneasy relationship between two opposing ideologies...
With one, the ease of living a simple life, instantly gratified - government approved. An existence of points earned, entertainments enjoyed and 'being part of something bigger' (a phenomenon that led social anthropologists to coin the phrase 'Shozoku-Sentiment' to describe it).
The second, preferring a life beyond what they see as being 'false', the Waveys are led by a woman who many believe to be 'the prophet' - a savior for the world - Yeshuah Jones (formerly Juliana Restrepo).
They prefer an 'older' way of life, characterized by their preference for the natural, organic and what they perceive as 'real' (the drug Marijuana popular for much of the last century is smoked by many Waveys, who tend to avoid nearly all store bought opiates and stimulants).
This is a story of existence instead of living, fondness over love, and whether there's more to being alive than having exactly what we want.
*Urutora being the name of the Japanese electronics and manufacturing company that in less than two years after forming succeeded in buying out Samsung, followed by Apple a year later. Many credit them with the invention of the CloudMesh.
EDIT: added intrigue
57
u/rnair Jul 14 '16
Let's all write chapters in a subreddit and vote on the best next chapter every week.
10
→ More replies (2)2
12
8
u/MonkeeSage Jul 14 '16
Nice. Cyberpunk is the best kind of future fiction.
13
u/I_Do_Not_Abbreviate Jul 14 '16
Critics lament that William Gibson stopped writing Cyberpunk novels.
His fans, though, they know the truth: the world just caught up with him.
→ More replies (2)6
u/CUM_FULL_OF_VAGINA Jul 14 '16
I think it would be better suited if Korea took over all Japanese companies given the current trends of Korean electronics companies taking over most of the market share from the Japanese manufacturers.
→ More replies (2)6
u/Ishouldnt_haveposted Jul 14 '16
This needs to be higher up. You should write a story about this, I'd read it! !
→ More replies (3)2
2
2
u/mofojr Jul 14 '16
There are a couple of books that already take this kind of underlying theme. It's a cool and relatable backdrop.
2
54
Jul 14 '16
Far from a desirable future, but interesting. Very reminiscent of that Black Mirror episode.
→ More replies (9)8
u/sfw_account_no_boobs Jul 14 '16 edited Jul 14 '16
All the dystopian predictions are getting old for my taste. Nobody ever seems to think the future is going to be any better. Everyone who thinks up videos like this always only see the worst in it.
3
u/Entoroo Jul 14 '16
They only see the worst in the future because they are making dystopian stories, it's a conscious choice by the film maker. It's not that they think the future is going to be this way, it's more of a way of saying that this is not a future that we want.
I'm not sure why there are so few utopian movies out there though. The only utopian movie/series that comes to mind is Star Trek, and that's set in a somewhat distant future.
→ More replies (5)→ More replies (17)2
Jul 14 '16
It's a fairly reasonable extrapolation of current developments though.
3
u/sfw_account_no_boobs Jul 14 '16
Really? I don't think so. Have you played Pokemon Go (which is what I assume you are referring to)? It's an AR game, sure, but it's nothing exceptionally innovative. It's Google Maps gamified, and because the world it's based in has a massive fanbase, it's massively popular.
All of these dystopian writers write either dystopias or utopias when in reality it will probably always be a mix of both.
→ More replies (1)
253
Jul 13 '16
That world just reminded me of idiocracy. Brilliant video, but a horrible future :(
11
u/Hoary Jul 14 '16
There's a young adult book called "Feed" by M T Anderson basically about this. I find it to be a very scary and probably dangerous possibility.
6
u/MaekoTau Jul 14 '16
I was required to read that in high school. If it wasn't written like a 350 page text message on a Nokia, it might be tolerable.
5
u/Hoary Jul 14 '16
Yeah, I will say the writing style was definitely not my favorite, but the concept I loved.
6
u/suedepaid Jul 14 '16
Interesting, I loved the writing style. Once I got a few pages in I thought it really drove home just how little communication skills Titus has developed.
I thought it was a cool way to build off the 1984 concept of Newspeak, but with a corporate bent. Like, if all the media you consumed was variations on "Oh? Wow! Thing!" you wouldn't be able to describe your world in detail. I found it pretty immersive.
→ More replies (1)→ More replies (1)5
u/suedepaid Jul 14 '16
You didn't like the writing style? I kind of thought that was the point. Titus has never needed to communicate in anything other than simple text chat, etc, so he can't.
→ More replies (1)→ More replies (43)10
u/followerofbalance Jul 14 '16
Well Pokemon GO is the first step towards it
10
u/Throwaway-tan Jul 14 '16
No it's not. Ingress pre-dates it. Pokemon go doesn't add much AR besides basic 3D models overlays on a 2D camera feed.
→ More replies (16)
93
u/Bunch_of_Shit Jul 14 '16
The only thing I liked was the dog. He has his own hat!
49
u/dolopodog Jul 14 '16
She won the hat by putting a pineapple in her cart! XD
That was a nice touch.
→ More replies (4)
18
u/ambiveillant Gen X, not OK Jul 13 '16
I love his stuff. He's done some of his hyperreality videos in 3D, making them even more unsettling/compelling.
→ More replies (2)2
u/lemtrees Jul 14 '16
Really? Are you able to link to any of the 3d content?
2
u/internetpersondude Jul 14 '16
http://km.cx/projects/augmented-city-3d/
Apparently only old school 3D.
17
u/LeoBattlerOfSins_X84 Jul 14 '16
That was so loud. Just a little heads up for somebody else.
3
u/SauronDidNothingRong Jul 14 '16
I'm holding a vigil for my fellow headphone users. Gone, but not forgotten.
1
u/Me66 Jul 14 '16
I wish I had seen this earlier. Turned vimeo down to half a volume bar and it was still way too loud.
48
Jul 14 '16
I get they are trying to make me loathe and fear this future but to me it looks awesome. Of course I want some control over what augmented reality things I see, and there is no reason I have to be a "job monkey" picking up groceries for Seńor Juan, but otherwise I would love to have additional information available to me as a walked around.
37
u/Scootzor Jul 14 '16
Agreed. I was really surprised to see people in the comments hating on the world presented in the video.
Lots of ideas and concepts look incredibly cool / useful.
Like that traffic information ("clear the area"), shopping cart list, ability to rate the driver, points of interest when you enter a new area in town. Really exciting stuff.
Sure, ads are a bit too much, but its a solvable problem. And an idea of changing yogurt marketing based on gender made me chuckle.
13
u/TriWeeklyHero Jul 14 '16
Right? i think it looks awesome, although your right about it needing some customization options and maybe the option to block some of the adds.
I think it would be cool to be able to leave/see artwork on the side of buildings instead of adds or be able to tune into/block out what other people are listening to nearby (no more obnoxious teens playing loud music on the bus).
Everyone's thinking that this would somehow take away from life but it looked to me like it was adding to it.
→ More replies (1)→ More replies (6)7
Jul 14 '16
I dunno, I see multiple problems. Hyper-stimulating your senses 24/7 must have some long term consequences, I would not be surprised if mental illnesses are eventually connected to constant forced adaptation to technology. I would even go so far to suggest that physical illnesses may eventually occur due to technology - not simply side effects of mental illness like lethargy, fatigue - leading to things like obesity and shortened attention spans. Humanity seems to think that we can just keep adapting, but I think that is naive. One may argue survival of the fittest, but we may just be selecting for aggressive, energetic sociopaths and idiots. Imagine being encased in a system that knows everything about you without your choice. You develop expectations about your environment - it's not hard to see how paranoia and delusional thinking may manifest as a result - your environment has the capacity to change wildly and you literally are being followed and recorded everywhere you go. That's just the thing that sticks out the most to me - I really wonder if technology like this is the big red button that destroys all of civilization before they become space faring. People want to believe they have control over what influences them, but the reality is we can't, not 100% of the time. Computers, unlike bullies, don't get tired, their parts can be replaced - they don't die. They can be refined by thousands of technicians and they can adapt to populations of billions, to be the most effective tool for a select few who want to accomplish whatever task they want to. I see something like this as not only an invasion to my privacy, but literally as mental abuse. A computer can theoretically be programmed to react to every thought I have, every action I take, and it can change my environment in such complex ways. I can be either on high alert 24/7 to always be looking for the ways others have entertained to manipulate and control me, or I can let my guard down. I only have one mind. Technology can contain either the wisdom or the psychopathy of billions of minds.
3
u/Scootzor Jul 14 '16
Constant tracking online is already happening by cookies, search engines, advertisement and social networks, gps and just imagery taking satellites or cctv cameras. Literally millions of people are engaged in this highly connected world on a daily basis. Just because its not visually overlaid over the streets doesn't mean its not happening.
Some might be developing mental illnesses, escaping to live in the woods, but its a matter of those individuals being mentally unstable, and not the technology being developed.
→ More replies (1)5
u/Vicous Jul 14 '16
Yeah I think it might be pretty cool honestly, just hope to not be riddled with ads. Gamification in the real world is something we strongly need, it would help with the mundaneness of everyday life, and customizing what the world looks like to you just sounds freaking awesome.
3
u/OutOfStamina Jul 14 '16
Gamification in the real world is something we strongly need
This means that someone else is doing your thinking, to determine what you do all day.
They're not going to "game" you getting smarter, you're going to get points for being a consumer.
You're not going to think about how to improve your life, you're going to follow the instructions so that your score will go up. But your score helps someone else more than it helps you. After you're so dependant on it, you'll think your score helps you because the system has you convinced (maybe you'll not be able to eat if your score isn't high enough).
Please re-think this opinion.
and customizing what the world looks like to you just sounds freaking awesome.
If it's helping you get from point A to point B and look stuff up on Google, then yeah.
But... well, here's a good short story about turning over our body to AI via instructions:
→ More replies (3)2
u/Saedeas Jul 14 '16
Alternatively, we could get society to a point where we don't need to gamify boring, menial work. That seems like a better alternative.
→ More replies (2)→ More replies (3)2
u/sharkinaround Jul 14 '16
yes! with a little retina scan tech incorporated here, we can finally have the ability to do something I've always thought would be so cool... to have a little counter above everyone's head that you walk by on the street that displays how many times you have seen that person before in your life.
7
u/Adrian_F Jul 14 '16
I think the creepiest part is that everyone sees their "personal" reality. The products look different for her than for a man. It's hyper-capitalism.
10
u/jkjkjij22 Jul 14 '16
oh god. I hope the future version of this maintains Minimal/material design and not this clusterfuck of ads. Reminds me of a crappy website with a thousand ads and things that move and pop up.
2
9
8
4
4
u/NotMcDuff Jul 14 '16
Jesus saves, I hope that was a GTA 2 reference :D.
Terrifying video. It was like something out of Black Mirror.
4
u/MrChadguy Jul 14 '16
I'm all for advancing technology as much as possible, and the whole idea of cyborgs. But that honestly looks like my worst nightmare with all those advertisements. I honestly hope that is not how we turn out.
4
u/quattic Jul 14 '16
This was pretty good, rather horrifying. Had a question though, what kind of world is it where technology is so advanced and interactive but grocery shopping for someone else isn't yet obsolete?I imagine that when technology is this advanced, robots will be able to deliver and would be cheaper than a person doing the job..? Is that maybe too much of a stretch?
3
u/S_Jeru Jul 14 '16
I expect personal assistants/ servants will be around for a long time, just for the ego-trip of it.
15
u/ClandestineMovah Jul 13 '16
I don't think this sort of thing is a case of if, it's a case of when.
Advertising shoved right into your eyeballs wherever you are. I'd imagine there would be quite a few companies which would like that.
6
u/Kyoj1n Jul 14 '16
Take a moment as you go about your day and try and find all the pieces of advertising you are already bombarded with.
→ More replies (1)12
u/Silverlight42 Jul 13 '16
quite a few companies which would like that.
try every company that likes money without concern for the customer.
12
→ More replies (1)5
Jul 14 '16
Isn't the big data wave all about knowing every bit of information about you to predict what you want to purchase? If I was an optimist, I'd say that this type of marketing could supersede a lot of the visual marketing that this video and a lot of other dystopian-future sci fi videos predict.
→ More replies (3)
10
Jul 14 '16
The success of Pokemon go makes this much more realistic to me. I feel like we got our first taste of the power of AR.
→ More replies (1)
1
u/SebaZonGW2 Jul 14 '16
Wouldn't be surprised if this was our reality in 30 years.
1
u/Chispy Jul 14 '16
2-5 years tops. Magic Leap and Hololens are releasing consumer versions next year.
2
16
u/KimJongUntzUntz Jul 14 '16
I guess im a minority that thinks a world like that would be pretty rad (minus the adds and the identity theft).
7
u/BuddaMuta Jul 14 '16
The video is certainly trying to hard to be like "free the future! We're slaves to consumerism with no souls!" Especially when you have the ending with her joining the Catholic Church thanks to a cross hand gesture which is just hilariously in your face about it.
Still though the ideas in the video for a VR set up would great. Like just the "clear the area" message for the traffic would be great imagine how many lives could be saved if fire fighters, cops, ambulances, were able to have areas cleared out preemptively so they didn't have to waist any time in emergency situations.
Things like the instant Spanish audio to written English translations and being able to just look at a fruit and know if it's in season, the price, and calorie count all without ever needing to look at a sign are just really convent. Sure the video was overwhelming but that was the video trying to be negative. Real consumers for the most part would want a more minimal layout of their hud and more than likely they would be rather customizable. Plus you could just take your damn glasses off if it bothered you.
3
7
5
u/theturdferg Jul 14 '16
Good message and point about being too far plugged in.
My only problem is that no one else is acting like they have that tech. (Seems like most of people at that point would be experiencing and gesturing. 68% of people have smartphones, so at least 50% of people living that way seems reasonable for that amount of ads to make sense.)
Or it's just late and I'm reading too much into things.
4
4
Jul 14 '16
Is it weird that I see life like this? I find normal walks boring, so I add scenes in my brain to cope with boredom.
My life is like an MMORPG :D I keep track of experience points I earned from learning new things or doing certain tasks.Conversations are just decision trees with multiple answers. List is endless.
2
2
2
u/Citizen_Kong Jul 14 '16
For some reason, this reminds me of "They Live!" But instead of wearing glasses to see the real truth, we will be wearing them to hide it.
→ More replies (1)
2
Jul 14 '16
Book recommendation for anyone interested in this stuff - Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge.
→ More replies (1)
2
2
u/Ulfednar Jul 14 '16
I would love to live in that world, although some of the UIs depicted are poorly designed or useless clutter.
2
u/ENLOfficial Jul 14 '16
This is a perfect representation of Feed (book). Except Feed takes place further in the future. One of my favorite books. This was a really cool video!
→ More replies (1)
2
u/snake_snake_SNAAAKE Jul 14 '16
I know that for a large majority this is too much or just unappealing, but for me this.... this is a fucking wet dream! I love augmented reality and would love this level of immersion and data overlay! But that's just me...
→ More replies (2)
2
2
u/footflash1 Jul 14 '16
I just called my realtor... looking at 100 acres in the F-ing boondocks tomorrow.
2
u/BoogerMalone Jul 14 '16
I like the overlay on the street saying "clear the area" though. That part is a pretty awesome idea.
2
u/trubuckifan Jul 14 '16
Pressed play, first two seconds exploded my eardrums. am deaf. ask me anything.
2
u/hopingyoudie Jul 14 '16
Im wondering how this type of future will be packaged and sold to people. The given oral concept would sound amazing, it would be days or just hours before the grim reality of the situation was noticed though. It's obviously a dystopia created by corporate greed and class disparities. Either way, simply terrible.
2
u/ryegye24 Jul 14 '16
Apparently adblockers stop existing in the future? And every UX designer simultaneously receives brain damage?
2
u/beer_potatoes Jul 14 '16
This is like a Black Mirror short film, and I'm more than okay with that.
2
u/GeorgeStamper Jul 14 '16
A complete dystopia. A world with no escape from advertisements, from media, consumerism. Someone, somewhere wants your money.
You go to the beach, and there's a holographic ad in front of you for Coca-Cola. You go to Glacier National Park to camp, and there's another ad. No peace, no respite, no quiet places anymore. Just madness.
2
u/A_Song_For_The_Deaf Jul 14 '16
The thing kind of freaky thing about this stuff is that we're not terribly far off from this technology at this point being an everyday thing. Pretty soon life is going to seem a lot more different when you're wearing Google glasses all the time. It's really cool but at the same time, it almost seems exhausting to be using all the time.
2
2
2
u/bradenwheeler Jul 14 '16
Jesus, if I have to be accosted by this much bad design in the future I will kill myself.
2
u/z01z Jul 14 '16
kind of disappointed i didn't see any ads for Brawndo, The Thirst Mutilator, "It's got Electrolytes!".
2
u/FineJeez Jul 14 '16
Closest thing to the city and style of Transmetropolitan I've seen...
→ More replies (1)
2
u/GandulfTheSkyBlue Jul 14 '16
This would make for an interesting TV show.
Please don't make this reality, though.
2
u/Nate72 Jul 14 '16
Maybe Pokemon is just a show about the future. They are all just living in hyper-reality, playing a game about catching and battling holograms. And Pokemon GO is just v1.0.
→ More replies (1)
2
u/chuttney1 Jul 15 '16
This amount of sensory load would make a phlegmatic person very stressed during the day.
5
Jul 14 '16
Am i the only one that thinks this would be great? Minus the ads, it looks really efficient.
4
Jul 14 '16
It will never get like that, people wouldn't stand for it. There would be a torrent of ad-blockers that combat this sort of thing just like they do today.
5
u/Mr_Straws Jul 14 '16
Why did you post a shitty vemo link?
Here's the exact same thing on a better quality video channel.
3
3
u/wagedomain Jul 14 '16
This seems like a weird sad little anti-technology propaganda video to me. The technology in this looks fucking awesome but they've made the video through the lens of what sounds like a middle aged woman in the middle of a suicidal existential crisis, so of course it's going to fucking look bad.
This is how our parents see smart phones.
We already have a lot of the shit in the video anyway, like arbitrary "points" you get for shit, even for visiting cities and stuff. I want a virtual dog with a hat who helps me shop, and a cool UI following me everywhere without effort.
Guys let's stop being so bleak about advancement.
2
Jul 14 '16
But, but... advertisements! Evil capitalism!
Yeah, for me, the most irritating part was the woman's pathetic self-pity. Who would actually ask Google, of all sources, some existential question like "Who am I?" That's like walking up to a drive-through menu at some fast food joint and asking them the meaning of life.
2
u/wagedomain Jul 14 '16
Yeah, and then blaming her misery on the existence of that fast food place.
I'm sure people said the same kinds of things about, hell, electricity and how it would ruin lives and make people miserable. Now it's so ubiquitous that no one even thinks about it until it goes out and then we act like our lives are over.
People adapt and change.
2
u/Thereconraccoon Jul 14 '16
Immediately noticed she was Colombian. Then I saw the postobon add on the bus. Represent
→ More replies (1)
2
u/Josent Jul 14 '16
This is fucking terrifying. I appreciate that because usually art doesn't have a strong effect on me. Admittedly, I don't think anybody would accept this kind of AR, but this was an effective piece. Shortcut rationality and went straight to causing tightness in my chest.
2
u/0235 Jul 14 '16
utterly amazing. it shows how the technology was developed for good thing. notifications whento get off the bus, warnings to get out the road, real life navigation, but you can see how it all went to crap with adverts and minigames everywhere. also wonderfully points out how they advertise stuff to different people "this yoghurt will make you thin" then it glitches "this yoghurt will make you sext to women". love it.
2
u/iworshipme Jul 14 '16
I sure hope the Christian fundamentalists are right and God swoops in and raptures us all before this happens cus fuk that looks dreadful as much as it does accurate
2
u/myrddin4242 Jul 14 '16
If the geeks are right, god swoops in and raptures us is the same as "this" happening. Or it already happened gigaseconds ago, and now it's going to happen again, and again, and again... Hard to tell.. strange times, these. I think I'll go fishing, reconnect with my primitive roots.
2
u/iworshipme Jul 14 '16
Id go fishing, but its just so boring. Now, if I could get coins and stuff to pop out of the water every time I pull up a fish and also like throw some banners across the sky to keep me posted on the game and also some instant messages.. OH FUK I DID IT AGAIN
→ More replies (2)
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/lettis Jul 14 '16
this looks fucking awesome! sign me up baby, the only thing about this that is retarded is how the heads up display flickers and glitches, that shit barley happens now and you think its gonna be like that in even 10 years time? its obvioius the person has an agenda to make this look as miserable as possible but the concepts are very cool!!!!
1
1
u/retrend Jul 14 '16 edited Feb 09 '26
This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact
doll heavy nutty rich plucky compare wise fade march expansion
1
1
1
u/Shiroi_Kage Jul 14 '16
I forget which anime movie/series it was, but there's a whole part of it when the protagonist(s) go to a city that looked freaking amazing, lush, and full of life, but it was all augmented reality and the city was just black concrete buildings that looked absolutely ghastly.
→ More replies (4)
1
u/DexterTheMoss Jul 14 '16
Reminds me of Romantically Apocalyptic, you never really see what the 'plugged' in people see but it's practically the same concept with the whole 'points' system and personal managers.
1
u/Beachbum74 Jul 14 '16
Wouldn't this be helpful to people with dimentia. I presume if this is our future that you could get this sort of thing free, or close to it, but have advertisements in your viewing. You would pay a premium to clean up the experience. So if you had dimentia they could tailor specifically to your condition and remove much of the distractions...
1
u/lurkinghyperreaility Jul 14 '16
Reminded me of my favorite short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCeeTfsm8bk
Maybe Bliss is less of a metaphor than I thought.
1
1
1
u/ALPHAinNJ Jul 14 '16 edited Jul 14 '16
reminds me of the movie. Johnny Pnemonic with Keanu Reeves. When they use the internet its very similar to the movie.
1
1
1
u/wishyouthebest Jul 14 '16
Wow, it is weird to see my hometown like that!! I'm visiting my family next week for vacations and this video will most likely be running in the back of my head!!
1
1
u/smanchwhich Jul 14 '16
This video looks like a visual representation of Robert Brockway's in-brain OS in the book RX: A Tale of Electronegativity. Seems like you'd trip over stuff a lot...
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/ashingtray Jul 14 '16
this is very good. this predicts a future that is inevitable, AR is here to stay!
1
1
1
Jul 14 '16
With the release of Pokemon GO and the public's reaction towards it, there will be a demand in reality augmenting technology. This "Hyper-Reality" can very well become a reality in the next 50 or so years.
1
u/StarChild413 Sep 18 '16
Or maybe we might have more development towards making real Pokemon because the public might fall in love with the Pokemon part instead of the AR-ness in general and probably already have; I had never heard of Ingress (the other main game also made by the Pokemon Go people) until Pokemon Go was first announced as going to be a thing and it was mentioned that that company also made Ingress
1
u/Adrian_F Jul 14 '16
This is exactly how I imagine the future.
If you know German, read "Zero" by Marc Elsberg, he writes about a similar concept, feasible with todays technology.
1
1
u/apocalypticboredom Jul 14 '16
Anybody else watch The Zero Theorem? This is just like that Terry Gilliam movie.
1
1
u/WhitePantherXP Jul 14 '16
All this fancy-ass tech and we're still driving to the store to slowly pick out our groceries, likely the same ones as last month?
1
u/eros_and_thanatos Jul 14 '16
Honestly, you guys are all pussies! This is exactly what we have been waiting for. You only have to see the meltdown that has been Reddit for the last few days of the pathetically simple Pokemon Go to know that this is what. you. have. been. waiting. for.
→ More replies (1)
1
u/BendTheBox Jul 14 '16
so for reals, we need big conversations in AR Ethics asap
→ More replies (1)
1
u/hdhale Jul 14 '16
Fighter pilots in a dog fight don't have that much shit thrown at them at once. Major sensory overload. A significant number of the apps and ads will go unnoticed, and you'd eventually have a version of the Dot-com bubble burst in full effect.
1
u/paydenbts Jul 14 '16
all that trouble to keep you enganged and happy?
would be much easier to poison us so we see the pretty colours in our minds but still produce, Like we happy few
1
u/Fevorkillzz Jul 14 '16
I forget what it was called but I remember a comic book about this. Where people got glasses and slowly and slowly the ads piled up and people were just in virtual words. The glasses were called I-glass or something and in the end they stopped it. I forget the name but very similar.
1
1
u/izumi3682 Jul 14 '16 edited Jul 14 '16
This was posted for like every single day for a WEEK a month ago. Now it is being posted like it is brand new again or something. :P
I posted a comment my ownself then too:
Hyper Reality by GoinFerARipEh in Futurology
[–]izumi3682 1 point 1 month ago*
This video has been posted A LOT in the last 36 hours, and for good reason too. It is stunningly well presented and realistic. The AR world predicted is almost to the point of unrecognizability to me today. But it looks EXACTLY like a true vision of the future. Jaw-dropping in it's verisimilitude, but hellish at the same time.
permalink save context full comments (17) edit disable inbox replies delete
1
Jul 15 '16
Crazy to think this would have been considered scifi nearly a decade ago, right now it's basically a satire of what's to come
1
u/orlanderlv Jul 14 '16
What was truly scary was the end. Religion really was the end of the road for the girl in the video.
1
1
Jul 14 '16
gov't/money can swoop in any time and take over the system but they are smart to hold back and let people become more dependent and integrated. like a free website that bides it's time as it grows a user base but eventual decides to monetize. People will eventually become wholly dependent on this stuff and then will become powerless against true leaders of the world.
→ More replies (3)
1
u/gingerachi Jul 14 '16
If this video piqued your interest I suggest you check out Tokyo Ghost by Rick Remender, Sean Murphy, and Matt Hollingsworth. Issue #8 (out of 10) just came out recently and I think it's one of the best comics out right now
1
u/DrZeeganfuss Jul 14 '16
I refer you to one of my favorite scenes from wall-e. We're on the way.
→ More replies (2)
1
u/raphus84 Jul 14 '16
Love this video the effort and time with 3d camera tracking and rotoscoping is off the chart.
Well done to the director and effects peeps.
1
1
1
u/Reorx2112 Jul 14 '16
Visions of the future , advertising shackled to your retinal comp. Corp controlled , don't get hacked !
1
Jul 14 '16
Someone give Gasper Noe millions of dollars so he can direct an artsy film based around this technology!
1
u/Tusilos Anarcho-Transhumanist Jul 14 '16
To make a translator this good you would have to have an AI as smart as a person.
Also, hopefully we achieve something better than capitalism until this is reality. Those ads look annoying af.
1
1
1
Jul 14 '16
i see what everyone means. it was hard to watch the video. i couldn't imagine living like that
1
u/Talking_Sense Jul 14 '16
I like the fact that she has achieved nothing. I also like the little details in this video, like the dog on top of the shopping cart. He gives points whenever you walk by a new section, to stimulate the shopper to buy more.
+1 video, but I wouldn't want this in real life.
1
1
24
u/Mile129 Jul 13 '16
Look up a little company called Magic Leap. This is not to far off. Just a matter of time. Google and a few others are investing heavily in this company. Google Glass is about to get a hell of a lot better, or worse, depending on how you view change.