Langrenus
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http://www.newscientisttech.com/cha...es-to-the-last-computergenerated-wrinkle.html
See also: http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/action/crysis/news.html?sid=6163791&mode=previews
Thoughts?
Personally I've never bought into the "guns don't kill people, dangerous minorities who play violent computer games do" argument. But when we're getting this close to reality (visually at least) are we reaching a dangerous tipping point? Perhaps where people snap a picture of their favourite hate-figure, load it onto a PC to be modeled in 3D, and then push the modeled character into a computer game for a firefight? Will the lines between reality and virtual reality become too blurred?
Or is it irrelevant? Nothing more than hi-tech faces on a dartboard?
P.S. You all seem intelligent people, but I should still point out: this isn't a thread about The Matrix
See also: http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/action/crysis/news.html?sid=6163791&mode=previews
Thoughts?
Personally I've never bought into the "guns don't kill people, dangerous minorities who play violent computer games do" argument. But when we're getting this close to reality (visually at least) are we reaching a dangerous tipping point? Perhaps where people snap a picture of their favourite hate-figure, load it onto a PC to be modeled in 3D, and then push the modeled character into a computer game for a firefight? Will the lines between reality and virtual reality become too blurred?
Or is it irrelevant? Nothing more than hi-tech faces on a dartboard?
P.S. You all seem intelligent people, but I should still point out: this isn't a thread about The Matrix