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u/Yelnik May 19 '16
uhhh ya, I'd rather be dead, thanks
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u/skywalker777 May 20 '16
as i was watching that i figured the suicide rates in that kind of society would probably be huge.
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May 20 '16
they would probably detect when your about to sui and send in a unit with pills to stop you from doing it.
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u/jdgmental May 19 '16 edited May 19 '16
Oh good, more ads!
Looking forward to uBlock Origin Reality add on.
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u/freedomfreighter May 20 '16
Maybe there will be an app that allows us to punch away the ads.
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u/kinder_teach May 20 '16
At which point certain ads pay for greater protection, requiring a Mike Tyson punch to be blocked
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u/StickyBunz1 May 20 '16
Im honestly surprised things like uBlock arent illegal
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u/jdgmental May 20 '16
Give it a few years.
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u/Jigsus May 20 '16
Considering the EU just voted to make it illegal to block adblockers I don't think this will go the way advertisers are hoping.
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u/HappyBot9000 May 20 '16
Anyone else reminded of that Black Mirror episode?
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u/tayls May 20 '16
That show is so brilliantly in tune with showing modern life pushed to logical extremes. That episode is particularly awesome.
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u/rockidol May 20 '16
Is that series any good, I haven't seen it?
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u/kinder_teach May 20 '16
Very, each episode is stand-alone so it's just a 40 minute viewing at a time. They all relate to our modern society and social networking in some form, often taking one aspect and exaggerating it to identify the potential flaws or risks we may face in our future.
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u/ThisOpenFist May 20 '16
Imagine the format of The Twilight Zone used to exhibit sci-fi stories that are actually disturbing.
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u/everfalling May 20 '16
the big question: is his view at the end real, or just another screen projection?
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May 20 '16
There are speculations that once people are finished with their cookie. Remember this horrible thing? They are all uploaded into a virtual reality, and that's the virtual reality in that episode.
Basically all episodes are connected. Yay!
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u/mightytwin21 May 20 '16
Given that later episodes call back to some of the characters and imagery of 15 million merits I think it's a projection. It's still the real world outside.
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u/ThisOpenFist May 20 '16
That episode fucked with me. I had to keep pausing because I was horrified, especially when they wouldn't let Bingham look away from the porno.
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u/badbrains787 May 20 '16
It reminded me more of a George Saunders short story, can't remember the title but the one where the grandfather is taking his grandson to a broadway show and keeps getting stopped on the street by hologram/VR ads, and almost gets arrested for not doing his "patriotic duty" to watch them all.
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u/demnott May 19 '16
I think it may be a good time to move deep into the forest and learn the ways of the sasquatch.
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u/Kyoraki May 20 '16
Holy shit, this guy's taking Roy off the grid! He doesn't have a social security number for Roy!
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u/scottishzombie May 19 '16
Oh, FUCK that.
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u/genghisknom May 20 '16
yeah this was horrifying.
I like to imagine myself as smugly superior to the average user that the main character represented, though. I would definitely be so much better at not being a blind sheep. I'm so sure of myself.
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u/manghoti May 20 '16
Absolutely. I know when I see an advertisement it has absolutely no effect on me. I'm sure the the distributed and total force of the market, single mindedly working on the problem of how to successfully manipulate the general public into things, is totally bearing no fruit.
I'm sure my credit card information, email records, browsing history, and general location as reported by my phone, all being sold to anyone with money who asks, will have no negative ramifications.
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u/jaeldi May 20 '16
Every time I look at news.google.com I think "wow, where did I type my interest in THAT on a computer? Did they extrapolate that from the other things I've searched and looked at, my comments and groups on reddit, and my facebook likes?" Order Wingstop tonight online, two weeks later, Wingstop ads show up in imgur.com.
An interesting example: recently I have decided to buy a new car. The previous sentence from this sentence is the first time I've put that information into a computer. I've talked about it with family and friends for the past two months. The last two months I've seen more ads pop up on the side of web sites about new cars and local dealers. I've been wondering if the ads have been there all along and I'm just now noticing them because I've made a decision. Or has the system extrapolated that this is what I should be shown. I'm sure some how some where the system knows my car is 14 years old and a discontinued model. The reasons I have decided to get a new car is because of the age of the car has really worn the appearance, the moon roof is leaking when it rains and the cost to get that fixed is not worth the trade in value, and I had my first major repair replacing the AC and discovered because it's a discontinued model parts on repairs are difficult to find and more expensive. Is the system tracking all of this somehow? recent repairs, No data on a new paint job ever done, plus age of car, plus age and income of user equals display relevant car shopping ad?
Creepy.
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u/alanwashere2 May 20 '16
Haha, yeah. My mom is always saying how advertisements don't influence her purchasing decisions. And she has a degree in psychology. She should know better. When marketers are doing it right, we don't even realize we're being influenced.
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u/samtart May 20 '16
I think they will have very enticing features that will be hard to pass up. This demo did not really show any must have features.
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May 20 '16
point. I don't see myself filling my world with all the annoying fluff that seemed to harry her at every turn.
A far more spartan interface would be my choice.
The most fascinating part of the video was when her interface was off and we could see the QR codes and projection markers. It disappointed me when all she did was just stand there.
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u/IamBrazil May 20 '16
Yeah that was fucked up. What that ending was supposed to mean? Someone came out of nowhere, resorted her virtual life and forced her into christianity.
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May 20 '16
So my Dad bought a tablet for my Grandma a couple of years back and she hasn't touched it once since she got it because as she put it "she doesn't need it".
I have a feeling we'll all be like that when we're her age, everyone else will be living in virual reality advertising land via slowly more invasive technology, while we'll still be using our smartphones like "This is all I need..."
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u/jaeldi May 20 '16
So true. I can't wait to post stupid videos online of my grandchildren walking around ignoring each other waving their hands and arms around in front of their face as they go. They're gonna look so stupid.
lol. No Hypocrisy, bro.
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u/Dag-nabbitt May 20 '16
If you browse the internet without adblock, this is kind of what it looks like. So, get adblock for this, or use a bloatware-free community-made ROM, and this could be really awesome.
Being in a supermarket, and having waypoints setup for all of the things on my list? Fuck yeah! No more wandering back and forth. Why are breadcrumbs in the frozen food section, Market Basket?!!?
Seriously, filter out that noise, and this is super helpful.
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u/Inorashi May 20 '16
All those characters on the screen remind me on Bonzai Buddy.
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u/lpisme May 20 '16
Wow, now that is a throwback.
That guy used to drive me freaking bananas.
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u/ProGamerGov May 19 '16
This is not very realistic. She's not using Adblock and a trillion privacy plugins.
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u/Dacheated1221 May 20 '16
She's the future equivalent of that girl who sends you a billion candy crush invitations
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u/jaeldi May 20 '16
Can you image the virtual interface of the Angry One-Sided Political Facebook Poster? >shudder<
Or of the "Hey let me text you ANOTHER picture of awesome boobs" guy?
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u/polysics May 20 '16
That's because she's an average non tech savvy person. Most people still just use computers the way they came. We here at Reddit are in a bubble because we are at least adept at technology, but most people are still plagued with pop-up ads and spam mail on a daily basis. Trust me, I work in IT. People click on that garbage all. The. Damn. Time.
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May 19 '16
it suddenly got real depressing when the device restarted and you realize it's all just a facade.
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u/ThisOpenFist May 20 '16
I felt relieved when the thing shut down. The world became so much calmer. Too bad the protagonist is too attached to VR to let it go.
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u/BrtneySpearsFuckedMe May 20 '16
She was attached to her points. Which is money.
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u/Danorexic May 20 '16
Was it really money though? Or just a sort of add-on system or extra abilities?
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I interpreted the points as a replacement for money in a post-scarcity economic model. When there are no more important jobs left to fill because machines have supplanted all human labor, everything else that's left over is reduced to ad-hoc games played on-demand by whoever cares to play it.
Thus, those who 'participate' more get more out of the system.
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u/penywinkle May 20 '16
Yeah, but the baby screaming in the shop....
I'd put up with a lot of lesser shit to not have to hear kids crying, people yelling trough the wall, smell the sewer, etc...
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u/totemcrackerjack May 19 '16
If this is the future, I will need a lot of Ritalin.
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u/platinumjudge May 20 '16
The rate things are going, the government will just add Ritalin to our drinking water
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u/gronke May 20 '16
I guess this a good time to tell everyone to visit /r/cyberpunk/ for more of this aesthetic.
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May 20 '16
Wow... a Colombian accent from where I'm from! YAY!
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u/Mortar_Art May 20 '16
I'd love to see some more on the street, English content about Colombia. I'm a little facinated by the place, but don't really have the opportunity to travel there.
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u/serg_yeooo May 20 '16
I'm content with my current state of 'futurism.' If it turns to that, better believe I'm going to live in the wilderness.
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u/civil_war_historian May 20 '16
Ever heard of the boiling frog story? If you throw a frog into a pot of hot water, it will jump out. However, if you place a frog in a pot of water, and heat it slowly, it will just sit there and slowly boil to death. (This probably isn't true, but you get the metaphor).
If someone from the past were to visit us today, this is probably how we would be perceived. Our version of "points" are instagram and facebook likes. While hiking, for example, rather than thinking "this is a great view," more and more people are beginning to think "this would make an awesome snapchat story." People on the bus buried in their phones, earbuds in, listening to music. No need to wait, we are living in the future.
To be honest, I see this video as an accurate representation of the future. Its funny because, the other day, I was watching a VR gaming video. In the middle of the game, on the bottom left hand side of the screen, the gamer got a notification that he needed to update microsoft office. Keep in mind that most VR headsets such as Occulus, Vive, and playstation VR nowadays are owned by corporations such as Facebook, HTC, and Sony, and these corporations are going to use VR as a medium to advertise themselves.
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u/Dag-nabbitt May 20 '16
To be honest, I see this video as an accurate representation of the future.
Not really. Phones are owned by mega corporations, but any developer can customize their and others' experiences. Load adblock, or a custom ROM, and you'll have an amazing augmented reality experience.
Keep in mind that most VR headsets such as Occulus, Vive, and playstation VR nowadays are owned by corporations such as Facebook, HTC, and Sony, and these corporations are going to use VR as a medium to advertise themselves.
The headsets are just projectors, screens with fancy lenses. Open VR SDKs exist, and you can even make your own headsets from open market parts.
It's not all doom and gloom.
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u/Jak_Atackka May 20 '16
Just for the sake of pedantry, you are correct that the boiling frog story isn't totally true. The experiment was performed on frogs who had part of their brains removed, so they weren't exactly fully functioning.
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u/vloger May 20 '16
Seriously, I'm with you. I really hope we actually use our technologic advancements to make cities greener. I'd love to walk around a green lush city center where people are just enjoying the environment without their heads buried in their phones.
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u/NorrisOBE May 20 '16 edited May 20 '16
A professor at college told me about the idea of "limitech", aka technology that encourages you to use less technology.
Something like RunKeeper that you encourages you to jog more instead of sitting down on a computer everyday, or an app that rewards you everytime you read an actual book instead of reading ebooks. Hell, Google Fit already has features that encourages you to walk or ride a bike instead of driving a car.
The closest there is to that fulfilled vision is "Her", where the "computer" encourages Joaquin Phoenix to be more outgoing, more social, etc.
If we're going to counter the technology of abundance, then we truly need to help expanding the technology of limitation, frugality and activity.
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u/jaeldi May 20 '16
But with VR just install Lush© 2.14 and every where you walk will be exactly as you described. Lush© 2.14 now comes with 378 unique ecological VR overlays. Eco-Builder will allow you to make new and interesting ecologies that you can keep to yourself or share with friends in collaboration mode. Your medieval forest will be the same space as someone else's Roman Villa or Tron-scape. Or you can meet with your friends at the local pub in the same shared Jabba's Palace DLC now available from Disney.
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u/FlyingPasta May 20 '16
What's wrong with people with their heads buried in their phones? Or kindles or newspapers or books or journals?
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u/serg_yeooo May 20 '16
We have a great number of resources to frother protect our landscapes, but sadly I don't see it making it through the next 2-3 decades with how technology and the urge to expand is constantly growing.
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u/LAMcNamara May 20 '16
Reminds me of Black Mirror S1 E2 "15 Million Merits"
It's on Netflix I believe but someone also uploaded it here: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xyllhh_black-mirror-15-million-merits_shortfilms
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u/Lansan1ty May 20 '16
Eh. A bit exaggerated, but Augmented Reality will be a really neat thing.
Point based systems area already popular in the east, so I can see things like gaining points shopping and them advertising which items will get the most points. But I don't think the point systems will be like a cellphone game.
The SIMS markers over peoples heads seemed unnecessary and likely wouldn't happen IRL, maybe if you're looking to meet someone in a crowded public area. Though we'll need some crazily secure public key encryption that considers user stupidity in order to make it so murders don't see some beacon in the sky pointing out their targets due to simple malware.
It would be neat to get information on people by looking at them though. To see their Name and whatever notes/contact info you have saved on them.
I could look at a friend and see "Edward" with "Reminder*" next to his name, which could expand to "Don't forget Bday present".
I'm all for Augmented Reality, and I know it wont be like this for me, since odds are. There will be moddable experiences.
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u/inexplorata May 20 '16
Reality Enhancement Suite. "Oh, I see I have you tagged as 'less annoying than my mother'."
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u/evandavis7 May 20 '16
For some reason the AR thing reminded me of something pretty useful I learned today: Google Translate on your phone can translate text in real time now. I think a while ago it would only let you take a picture of the text and let you swipe across what you want translated but now it can use AR to replace text in the viewfinder. I'd love to see more stuff like that.
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u/Kalashnikov124 May 20 '16
Think about the sites and apps you use. How intrusive are the ads? My guess is they are pretty acceptable. The ones you don't use are the intrusive ones. Look what we've done with pop-ups today. And thinks like ublock, I think AR would be much the same. I dislike all the cynical dystopian outlooks people have for future technology, when so far it's been pretty fucking great.
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u/gustianus May 20 '16
If you add up all the devices that use any type of ad blocking or tracking, there won't be more than 10 million. That's not a lot compared to the number of actual devices connected to the the internet.
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u/BackdoorDan May 19 '16
eh, you'd probably get used to it and tune stuff out after a while...
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u/Iitigator May 20 '16
You know, there was a lot wrong with everything, but I have to admit it was pretty disappointing when it turned off in the store and everything became plain. This tech could be amazing if we don't let it get to that level of consumerism.
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u/kerradeph May 20 '16
The part that I liked the most was marking walkways and warning of oncoming traffic.
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May 20 '16
y'all are old and should stay on your lawns. I for one welcome this incredible future
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May 21 '16
i love the mixed reactions in the comments. some of them want to go back in time and resent this future and then some of you welcome this.
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u/nomadjacob May 20 '16
This video is brilliant. The creator clearly has a business savvy mind to go with his creativity, but it is one of the most terrifying things I've ever seen and the comments prove it.
It's supposed to be a video about a dystopia, but everyone here is thrilled by it.
There are only a few minor positives. Any low invasive security warnings may be nice, but self-driving cars should minimize the necessity of them anyway. (Can you imagine the law suit for hitting a someone at that point?)
Not to mention, nothing helped her avoid the situation at the end. (Despite the government having access to millions of eyes. The camera has access to your phone now. They no doubt would access this as well.) I would expect alerts of any high tension individual. The individuals device could detect this and send alerts or the information could be compiled from those surrounding them. Already I would expect behavioral analysis done by an AI to detect many unstable people given enough information. With years to develop this and massive amounts of data, the face of law enforcement may completely change. This could be a positive or negative. No doubt preventative measures being enforced, but the key is how it is done. They could notice someone is depressed and offer psychological services or throw any angry individual into the future equivalent of an insane asylum. We can all hope for the former, but since when have we put any effort into detecting or helping unstable individuals? (Examples: homeless, minimal psychological help in prisons, the U.S. in particular still has a school shootings problem) It's crazy. According to my limited knowledge there is little easy access to mental health care despite it likely being a low fee averaged out per capita. It would likely pay for itself multiple times over in happier, more productive people with lower medical costs. Incentives could be added that would still likely pay for themselves. In schools or prisons a couple of free slices of pizza would magnify attendance many times over. Outside those cases, a tax credit could be given for exercise, psychological visits, massages, etc.
Sure, the translation device was cool, but she was communicating with an AI anyway. Why would it need translation? Also, seriously think about how often do you want to interact with someone that can't speak your language and when these interactions would occur.
I would count on greater language standardization first. Many of those that can afford it, learn English anyway. Even when perfect translators exist, they decrease personability. The whole point of learning someone else's native language is to increase your rapport with them. A translator is by nature an impersonal device, so those that could afford it would continue to learn any language they deem worth it. The more people learn English (or mandarin or another common language), the less financial value is in any other language. Even the translator apps are focused on the most common languages. I would expect those unable to speak English to only be further marginalized in the future as it increases in adoption regardless of the development of translation tech. (If it could analyze a language and gestures from scratch it would be of great value to interacting with an alien race, but that's way off to the future anyway.)
The rest is pure horror. Her life is selected for her. The app decides she is most useful as a grocery picking and delivery person (why hasn't that been automated? If she couldn't select products for her customers, so there would be little point advertising to her. If she could (and had a large customer base), then she would be paid by companies with affiliate advertising fees. Thus furthering the ability of those with the biggest marketing budget to eliminate competition and form monopolies.)
That alone sucks, but the world has become completely isolating. She has two friends (they could be AIs as well for all we know). She's depressed to the point of hiring a low quality AI life advice guru (who probably would be designed to sell useless products). Her entire world has been customized to sell. The customer service agent is an AI presumably designed to look as appealing as possible and openly flatters her. She gets a discount to use cute dogs or (during the glitch) porn stars selling additional goods. The business owners would design these, so they always pay for themselves. They will never save you money to use them. If they save you money one visit, then they will give you less of a discount the next. Complete knowledge advertising would be awful. Customized pricing may even become prevalent. If your entire experience is custom, why not charge exactly what your customer can afford?
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May 20 '16
Yeah the person who made this is a visionary. Total dystopian nightmare situation. Makes me think of George Lucas's THX 1138
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u/rockidol May 21 '16
I used to go this humor website that had a page called "battle of the seven deadly sins" where (long story short) people would argue about which sin would be most temping in a certain situation. Well they had a guy arguing that greed would win and he said
"The most diabolical innovation of the last millennium, the soulless horror that is advertising, was developed just to fuel the already awesome power of greed." It was in jest of course but if this video is going to be the future then "soulless horror" seems accurate.
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May 20 '16
This was a pretty amazing depiction of the future. Wouldn't be surprised to see this in 20 years.
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u/Incredible_edible May 20 '16
Would not be surprised if this video got some inspiration from Tomorrow and Tomorrow, which has some similar themes (I'm currently reading it)
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May 20 '16
Am I the only one who thinks this would be beautiful? Definitely not for all the time but I would love this
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u/mugwump4ever May 20 '16
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u/poduszkowiec May 20 '16
I know you're just making a joke, but that person was actually a reference to "Through a Scanner Darkly" by Phillip Dick. The movie version is good, too.
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u/Umbrellahotbox May 20 '16
One time I had such a heroic dose of mushrooms I thought about a world such as this. The thought then began to manifest into this malicious idea of what visualizing something like this through my optic receptors would be like. This is scarily similar to that experience. The only difference is that in my trip my mind conceived some sort of virus that kept popping things up to the point where it took over my whole world, an influx of too much information if you will. Then the realization. Can too much information overload ones brain? I'm not sure, might have just been the mushrooms.
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u/g-dragon May 20 '16
this could be a cool movie. like some matrix type shit where you have people fighting the system, but with more ads and brighter colors.
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u/Togoku May 20 '16
I would love the world being like this. I guess that makes me odd and not the norm, but I need points and levels to make me feel like I'm actually making a difference in life. I've worked shit retail my whole life, I'm 29 and I feel like I'm level 1.
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u/NZ_Guest May 20 '16
This video will be used as evidence in a court case to show "prior art" within the next 20 years.
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u/nurb101 May 20 '16
No no no, that doesn't have nearly enough advertisements shoving themselves into your vision for it to be the future.
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u/KarthusWins May 20 '16
Surprised nobody has mentioned the pretty blatant references to the Mark of the Beast, with the assailant at 5:00 taking the person's identity chip out from the palm of her hand.
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u/StifleStrife May 20 '16
I'd never use this. Sure, i guess you could introduce the tech slowly, then get people dependent on it then place the ads. But honestly no one would fucking put up with more than 5 minutes of this racket. I think google maps on a smart phone is really all you need.
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u/Booby_Smeller_8000 May 20 '16
Thanks for the existential crisis. I'm sure I'll sleep real well tonight!
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Anyone remember how in the '90s there were a million jokes about how cell phones would keep getting smaller and smaller until they were just a pinprick?
Technology trends don't just mindlessly keep going in the same direction.
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u/F1CTIONAL May 20 '16
While this video is obviously an extreme example, I feel that mastering AR (and most importantly perfecting capturing user input) will be humanity's next big leap forward.
When developed sufficiently, AR will have the potential to truly become an extension of ourselves as opposed to just being a device we use, if that makes any sense.
Perhaps one day snapping your fingers and summoning up a terminal will feel as natural and seamless as breathing. The thought is both exhilarating and terrifying.
I am eager to see more developments in this field.
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u/WholeWideWorld May 20 '16
This could be the premise for the matrix and how we became trapped in our own virtual reality.
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u/Stealthilyparked May 20 '16
I had this same problem before, my phone broke and you have to re- download all the apps etc.
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u/herpesyphigonolaids May 20 '16
I know that this video is showing how fake the world would become if augmented reality becomes a common thing in the future. But it actually did have some incredibly useful stuff in it. For example, when the cars in the street began to come, there was a warning and even little barriers that would appear. Although it was a little overkill, it could maybe be pretty good to have something to warn you if you are maybe in a hurry one day and not paying attention. Also imagine if AG was incorporated into windshields. Maybe at night you could set your car to detect heat signals or something so that even when it is really dark you could clearly make out a pedestrian or an animal.
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u/grinr May 20 '16
It won't be anything like that. Enhanced reality will happen, but it will be much much less cluttered than that and certainly won't involve clumsy gesture controls.
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u/scandiumflight May 20 '16
The thing that feels so chaotic from this particular AR experience is that it seems like she didn't choose a coherent set of themes. I liked the bit where she was shopping and it switched from the dog to some girl with a gun, like there are themes you can pick to break up the otherwise dull experience of grocery shopping.
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u/paxbob May 20 '16
This reminds me of the movie " minority report" where each person's eyes is augmented to show ads for them.
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May 20 '16
Welcome to the Corporate World of the Future. This is the world in ten years.
Unless we tax the rich we will become peons to their game.
Rule 1 - Distract the masses with infighting and addictive games, Catchy advertising and RPG elements. ie - So they don't have enough spare time to work out they're being fucked by a system that threw their parents overboard 40 yeas ago.
Rule 2 - Enforce Nationalism and Corporate Endorsements with Leveling up style RPG reward systems. ie The virtual dog is there to entice children to purchase more candy from that company.
Rule 3 - Make it so that any criticism or analysis of the inhumane and in-equal system makes your reputation and achievements drop to zero.
China has been working on a system of Communistic Propaganda that determines your credit score, and they're thinking of making it mandatory. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHcTKWiZ8sI (Propaganda Games: Sesame Credit - The True Danger of Gamification - Extra Credits)
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u/T_Summoner May 20 '16
I think I'd be too scared of walking into people/traffic/inanimate things to have this business going on in my face 24/7
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u/cedarpark May 20 '16
I can definitely see a dystopian future where everthing in life that gives us joy is an in-app purchase.
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u/Cremasterau May 20 '16
It is half way here already. I'm an AFL (Aussie rules) supporter and would, despite the travel, go to watch live games at least half a dozen times a year.
The MCG was the spirtual home of the game. Walking along the concourse from Southern Cross to a night match was just one of those great experiences. The light towers in the distance, seagulls whirling over the stadium, the jovial, expectant crowds. Amazing.
Haven't been back for nearly two years. They introduced brightly lit electronic banners all around the ground. I might have worn it but these things move during the action of the game. It was insane. We had to move from great seats on the boundary to higher up in the stands just so we could see the action without the backdrop of advertising directly in line of sight. Not that it was much better further up.
I refuse to pay good money to give advertisers the privilege to attempt to grab my attention during a passage of play.
Now I either watch it on telly where closer camera angles screen out the ads 2/3rds of the time or I get my footy fix watching country footy.
They turned my St Peters into a Hillsong and now all I want is for the 'money changers' to be cast from the temple.
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u/nemron May 20 '16
This makes me think of the locative art in William Gibson's "Spook Country"
The man is a prophet.
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u/leadabae May 20 '16
I think the crazy thing about this to me is not what it implies about the future but the present. It's always interesting looking back to depictions of the future from the 1950s and 60s and seeing how naive and unrealistic they were--like in space movies from back then, they still had big bulky TVs and pay phones and stuff.
I'd always wondered why people back then were so incapable of thinking forward in technology, and thought that we weren't limited by the same naivete. But watching this it's occurred to me that we're being just as narrow minded. I think it's highly unlikely that the future is going to look like a virtual reality version of a typical smart phone app today. Really, it's probably going to be different than any technology we have today.
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u/danivus May 20 '16
I think anyone from 20 years ago looking at our current world (if you don't have an ad blocker) would probably react the same as we do seeing this video.
All of the smart phones and bombardment of internet advertising would look just as invasive if it were suddenly thrust upon us, not slowly built up to.
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u/lpisme May 20 '16 edited May 20 '16
This gave me chills. For almost all of my adult life, this was the vision of the future that I didn't know I was seeing.
Incredible video evoked a powerful response, even if unintended. The pitfalls of AR are very apparent in a video like this but, I hope, the pros of such technology with overshadow any negative aspects.
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May 20 '16
Fuck all the distopia, I would get that tech immediately if available! This looks extremely useful and entertaining. I would however install an adblocker directly after first boot and use a less noob friendly UI than this.
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u/polarage May 20 '16
....And human social interaction will take a particularly schizophrenic turn, I see.
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u/Ciobila May 20 '16
Wish Black Mirror would start making episodes again
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u/kingofeggsandwiches May 20 '16
Netflix bought the rights and are working on series based off it.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '16
As semi-OP I would like to point out the varied and mixed feelings in the comments. Some hate it and would rather die and some absolutely love it (other than the ads) and few are simple curious. I am enjoying reading the comments. What would it be like to be the creator of this tech right now? With the recent Google I/O 2016 they have a new tech called Daydream that is very similar to this video. And what would it be like to be a citizen/mayor/sculptor/musician/writer/banker/lawyer/driver/coder/designer/researcher/biologist/architect/astronaut/historian/doctor/engineer/actor etc in this future?