What Will Entertainment Look Like in the Year 2100?

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The discussion centers on the evolving definition of entertainment, highlighting the stark contrasts between past and present forms, such as vaudeville and reality TV. Participants reflect on how technology, particularly computers and virtual reality, has transformed entertainment, predicting future trends like holographic interactive experiences and immersive 3D environments. There is speculation about the potential for virtual reality to merge with daily life, possibly leading to a society where people prefer virtual experiences over real-world interactions. Concerns are raised about the implications of such advancements, including addiction and the loss of genuine human experiences. The conversation also touches on the nostalgia for simpler times and the humorous exaggeration of past hardships. Overall, the thread explores the intersection of technology, entertainment, and human experience, pondering the future of both.
  • #31
Alright, if you're all going to be obnoxious I'm leaving. :-p
 
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  • #32
Ivan Seeking said:
Alright, if you're all going to be obnoxious I'm leaving. :-p
Noooo! Plus I agree with what you said, I think virtual reality will be the next drug. How do you control a drug like that?
 
  • #33
Hey, I was only kidding.

As for virtual reality - PF is about as close as I'll get.

If I want to experience the Grand Canyon or any other natural wonder, I'd just as soon go there.

I seldom watch TV. There are many more interesting things to do.
 
  • #34
As for entertainment - I seem to be a contrarian - I find my many things in reality entertaining: my work; mathematics and physics, and in general science and engineering; E-S and PF; my family; the animals who live with us; and Nature in general. I don't need, nor do I desire virtual reality.

Speaking of Nature - check out this creature who visited my backyard this evening - http://www.everything-science.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=82&topic=6549.msg58183#msg58183
 
  • #35
I remember when once I had a dream where I didn't actually view things and all that, except I just thought... It was almost like normally thinking, but it was in a dream!

Once, I was thinking about lucid dreams, would you be able to grab a piece of paper and start solving a math problem?
 
  • #36
Ivan Seeking said:
I can see virtual reality and reality merging into a new kind of semi-virtual world in which we will always be immersed.
For this to happen participation in the virtual part would have to allow people to maintain enough contact with reality to design, manufacture, and service the virtual aspects. I should think that would prevent this from going over a certain limit into complete fantasy. In general, if the constant immersion involved very much straying from reality we'd pretty quickly be invaded and taken over by the nearest third world country that couldn't aford this luxury. By which I mean Canada.
 
  • #37
Danger said:
A laminatedevildoll in every home... :-p
You know what, that's the best idea I've read so far.