You've been setting urself up as a hub for discourse lately. Comes off in the way you communicate.Wow. I'm noticing how much gaming technology inspires and becomes retooled for grander purposes by academics and scientists.
You've been setting urself up as a hub for discourse lately. Comes off in the way you communicate.
Why do you say gaming technology , I mean the xbox thingie is all about turning body language into commands but that's neither holography nor 'touchless touch'
I would say the concept of 'play' is central to human life. We after all have the ability to project and simulate possible outcomes and realities. Games are an effect and extension of this.
Well the same CPUs are used for work applications, similar GPUs (graphic processors) are used for lots of applications etc etc. The tech is surely 'serious tech' it is just used to a ludique end. Maths are still maths even if part of a sudokuI dont disagree, but Im referring to gaming as it is commonly understood which is as something separate from serious tech.
I think that's a very large question.It is becoming so prolific and advanced I have no doubt it will merge with public understanding of tech at large and among the indispensable tools that is apart of daily human life. I think our generation and below sees this overlap, but previous ones still think of gaming as child's play and not apart of the larger picture.
I dont disagree, but Im referring to gaming as it is commonly understood which is as something separate from serious tech. It is becoming so prolific and advanced I have no doubt it will merge with public understanding of tech at large and among the indispensable tools that is apart of daily human life. I think our generation and below sees this overlap, but previous ones still think of gaming as child's play and not apart of the larger picture.
ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2011) — Gamers have solved the structure of a retrovirus enzyme whose configuration had stumped scientists for more than a decade. The gamers achieved their discovery by playing Foldit, an online game that allows players to collaborate and compete in predicting the structure of protein molecules.
Reminds me of this particular instance in the news from a while back:
source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110918144955.htm
NO! SCIENCE!Brilliant stuff!
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Oh and also what INTP said... i can't wait for that either...magic!
.Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.