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DarthBuzzard t1_j11avxh wrote

Reply to comment by Shelfrock77 in To all you well-read and informed futurologists here: what is the future of gaming? by Verificus

This is literally the main person responsible for Meta's development efforts in VR/AR.

By 2030, we will likely have hyper realistic visuals (at least 60 PPD + little to no optical distortions + HDR + variable focus). Can be pushed further and no doubt FoV will still have a ways to go, but vision will likely be in the realm of hyper realism.

Audio will likely be convincingly real due to personal HRTF generation being common and standard with audio propagation being utilized to fill in the missing pieces of spatialization.

Touch will likely not be solved as an affordable product for consumers. You will have consumer options, but it's unlikely to be standardized by then and won't be at the fidelity that we all want. It may take another 5+ years to get us there.

Smell and taste just won't be a thing outside enthusiast options like smell capsules which have serious drawbacks. There won't be a scalable product that can be standardized by 2030.

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Shelfrock77 t1_j11b0iy wrote

Okay human, when do you think we will have all five senses ?

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DarthBuzzard t1_j11bdcv wrote

No one knows. If I had to guess, it's at least 20 years out and maybe many more years beyond that.

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Shelfrock77 t1_j11bgbg wrote

When do you think we will get AGI ?

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DarthBuzzard t1_j11cbg2 wrote

Probably 2030-2040 if I had to guess. Hard to say because things can be deceptive.

ChatGPT for example can be extremely clever and useful while also hallucinating made-up information that seems plausible as first glance.

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