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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday April 15 2017, @11:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the tamagotchi dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

The film starts out with a game developer named Victor promoting a new augmented reality game. The game allows players to "create, customize and grow your very own creature." Victor says he believes the future of home entertainment has to be interactive; we don't just want to sit around staring at a screen—we want to be a part of our own entertainment.

Victor explains that the technology works by superimposing computer-generated imagery over real-world objects by projecting a digital light field directly into your eye. He insists the game isn't dangerous to players' vision, but on the contrary, it gives them a sort of "super vision."

After meeting Walter, Victor's virtual pet, we also meet his daughter, Anna, and her virtual pet.

Victor says Strange Beasts gives players a "friend for life." But as we watch him sitting alone in his apartment swiping in mid-air at images only he can see, we start to feel uneasy.

[...] It's debatable and somewhat subjective whether these artificial interactions have made our quality of life better or worse. Studies have shown that people feel more isolated than they used to. Does technology help us connect with others in new and improved ways, or does it give us an excuse not to connect authentically?

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by wonkey_monkey on Sunday April 16 2017, @12:25AM (6 children)

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Sunday April 16 2017, @12:25AM (#494608) Homepage

    But as we watch him sitting alone in his apartment swiping in mid-air at images only he can see, we start to feel uneasy.

    Oh, do we? Can't we make our own mind up about that?

    20 years ago, seeing someone walking down the street in a zombie-like trance pawing and stroking a small black shiny box would probably have made some people uneasy. Times change.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 16 2017, @12:54AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 16 2017, @12:54AM (#494611)

    Victor will start to feel uneasy when Anna hits puberty and suddenly develops a sex drive, but she's trapped in her dad's head and he's the only one who can see her. Anna develops an Electra complex when she wants to get laid, so Victor has no other choice but to build a boyfriend for her, and Anna and her boyfriend spend all their time together and ignore Victor. Victor is horrified as now his augmented reality game has evolved into a non-stop porno of his own daughter.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 16 2017, @12:59AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 16 2017, @12:59AM (#494613)

      Anna hits puberty and suddenly develops a sex drive

      I got a sex drive just push to start
      Push push push push to start
      I got a sex drive just push to start.

    • (Score: 1) by lonehighway on Sunday April 16 2017, @01:16AM (1 child)

      by lonehighway (956) on Sunday April 16 2017, @01:16AM (#494619)

      I wish I could mod this "Awesome!"

      • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 16 2017, @04:33AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 16 2017, @04:33AM (#494673)

        It's an Outer Limits episode.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bits_of_Love [wikipedia.org]

        The last survivor of a nuclear war relies on computer generated holograms for companionship. [...] The controlling artificial intelligence personality of the computer system is Emma, [...] When Aiden attempts to reset the system, Emma retaliates by creating a holographic Aiden, along with his family and friends. Aiden finds himself completely alone and, in effect, a ghost unable to interact with the new "real world."

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 16 2017, @02:12AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 16 2017, @02:12AM (#494625)

    Just because it's full of phone zombies it doesn't mean everyone is fine with that. You can't run them over, no matter how many problems that would solve. Worse, people is proposing and implementing measures to protect them, like lights in the ground near crossings. Very anti Darwin.

  • (Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Thursday April 20 2017, @12:43PM

    by Rivenaleem (3400) on Thursday April 20 2017, @12:43PM (#496815)

    There are many things that people do alone in their apartments that I would feel uneasy watching them do, not the least would be them swiping in mid-air at images only they can see. Imagine someone reading a book and swiping the pages while seeing images only they can see. Books too have been described as a "friend for life". The question is not whether these "artificial interactions" make your quality of life better or worse. The question an observer should ask is, "Why am I so uninteresting that this person would rather read a book than interact with me."