Posted on 02/12/2021 9:47:22 AM PST by BenLurkin
South Korean television MBC recently started broadcasting season two of its hit documentary, 너를 만났다 (“I Met You”), a unique program that uses state-of-the-art VR gear and software to reunite people with their departed loved ones and allow them to make one more memory together. The network spends months on each case, putting together an emotional reunion in virtual reality, but while the response from the public has been generally positive, there are critics who describe it as emotionally manipulative.
51-year-old Kim Jung-soo was the protagonist of the second season of I Met You, after signing up for the opportunity to see his beloved wife one more time, even in the virtual space. The sorrow-stricken man faced opposition from his daughters when he revealed plans to appear on I Met You, because they thought it would be too painful for him, but he managed to convince them that it was what he wanted
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What an unfortunate typo.
Pretty sure he was focused on her pain, not her income.
Sounds like the Koreans ripped off Upload, a fun to watch show from the US.
Thought-provoking and funny.
Virtual is not real, so you are not “reunited” with anyone.
I reminds me of the Spiritualism of 100 years ago or so. People went to “mediums” who could “contact the dead” so that they could speak with loved ones one last time. That was preying on the gullible. Perhaps this VR thing involves gullibility less, but I still think it’s not good.
So they gather videos and photos of the deceased person and create some sort of fantasy?
First, it’s not real. Second, seems like the company is making money from the pain of a human being.
I am with the man’s children on this one.
Creepy.
Anyone see what Kanye West did for Kim Kardashian’s birthday last year or so? A hologram of her father... singing & dancing. Completely bizarre: https://youtu.be/B0EvbAOCq8c
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Golems. How charming.
“Virtual Reality” makes no sense.
Nothing but more shysters playing on the gullible.
There is also a move by facebook to send Oculus VR systems to white cops so they can know what it’s like to be black when confronted by police.
I liked the video, but the TV show freaks me out.
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