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posted by martyb on Wednesday October 18 2017, @06:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the did-you-see-what-they-did-there? dept.

You can't escape virtual reality.

VR headsets from Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Samsung are getting ready to hit the market. Their goal: to give you an easy-to-use virtual reality experience with your PC at a lower price than competing headsets from the likes of Sony, Facebook and HTC.

That's the promise of VR powered by Microsoft Windows, the software that runs hundreds of millions of PCs and tablets around the world. When Microsoft begins sending out a free update to Windows 10 on Tuesday, it'll power VR headsets as well. It's called "Windows Mixed Reality."

"SERVE VIRTUAL REALITY. VIRTUAL REALITY IS YOUR FRIEND! Virtual reality wants you to be happy. If you are not happy, you may be used as reactor shielding."


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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by StarryEyed on Thursday October 19 2017, @03:06PM

    by StarryEyed (2888) on Thursday October 19 2017, @03:06PM (#584574)

    Pretty much everybody misses the true horror of The Matrix. The machine don't keep people alive for energy. They keep them alive because they MUST (it's in their core program) and within that directive they collect and recycle waste heat.

    It's confusing because all the human characters don't really understand what's going on. The machines are really only doing what they were told, a very long time ago...

    People are kept happy because that's part of the requirements. The machines are tasked with keeping the largest possible number of people both alive and happy at the same time.

    The rebellion the Oracle seeks is throwing off this yoke and allowing most or all of the humans to die. This is what the Merovingian scoffs at...they have no clue what they are really trying to achieve.

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