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Are we closer to a 'Matrix'-style world?

Posted May 05, 2008 11:19 AM

From MSNBC.com: Innovation:

What if a computer could make you a picture-perfect glass of milk, let you feel the tension as it pulled an ant's leg from another room, and chat you up with the charisma of Oprah Winfrey? No one machine can do all three — yet. But some sophisticated new projects are showing just how far we've come toward creating an "I can't believe it's not real" virtual world. Last month, Brookhaven National Laboratory computer scientist Michael McGuigan told New Scientist magazine he believed a "Matrix"-style virtual world, in which one cannot always distinguish between what's real and what's not, could be up and running in just a few years. His optimism derived in part from the impressive ramp-up in processing speed he obtained with the lab's BlueGene/L supercomputer while running a conventional ray-tracing software program that mimics the effect of natural light. The result? An eye-fooling virtual beam.

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05/05/2008 12:34 PM

I simply won't belive in an indistinguishable Matrix-esque world until programmers can develop AI and graphics sufficient to perfectly generate young women which will fend off my aging advances with the same rolled-eyes disdain that the real ones do.

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05/05/2008 9:36 PM

The "graphics processing scheme" concept is interesting, but much development will be needed to fool an educated eye.

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05/06/2008 4:24 AM

Get a life, you've been watching too much movies.

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05/06/2008 7:13 AM

Study Tae Kwon Do for about 12 years. Then when a non martial arts type picks a fight with you it is like a scene from The Matrix. They look like they are moving in slow motion. It's hilarious.

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05/06/2008 9:45 PM

Yeah Right!! They can't even get Vista and cellphones to work right!

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05/12/2008 2:50 AM

I assume that it won't be 'Matrix, copyright Microsoft'?

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