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“Headsets Are Simply Annoying”: Playstation Inventor Says He “Can’t See The Point” Of Virtual Reality (VR) And The Metaverse
Trade For Profit ^ | 01/24/2022 | Tyler Durden

Posted on 01/24/2022 7:39:00 AM PST by SeekAndFind

The inventor of the PlayStation - one of the best and most widely known gaming consoles - doesn't think too much about VR or the metaverse.

Ken Kutaragi, who is responsible for Sony's popular console, says that VR and AR "divide" the real and virtual realms, rather than unifying them, according to a new interview with Bloomberg.

Kutaragi, who is now 71 years old, told Bloomberg: “Being in the real world is very important, but the metaverse is about making quasi-real in the virtual world, and I can’t see the point of doing it.”

He continued: “You would rather be a polished avatar instead of your real self? That’s essentially no different from anonymous messageboard sites.”

Kutaragi is now the chief executive officer of Ascent Robotics, which seeks to blend the real world with cyberspace.

“Headsets would isolate you from the real world, and I can’t agree with that. Headsets are simply annoying,” he told Bloomberg.

His company, Ascent, is instead focusing on technology that transforms real world objects into computer-readable data, the interview said. It seeks to help retail and logistics customers. The company is "secretive about the details of its long-term plans," Bloomberg added.

“Current robots do not have software and sensors that can match humans in understanding the real world and reacting to things they see for the first time, and our short-term goal is to offer a solution to that," he continued.

"Because you want robots to be able to create a variety of things, not just countless units of the same thing,” he added.

Commenting on his ambitions of utilizing visual data collected by Ascent's robots to reproduce digital scenes in the real world, he concluded: “I don’t plan to spend a decade or two on making my dreams a reality. I’m 71 and time is short.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Society
KEYWORDS: metaverse; vr

1 posted on 01/24/2022 7:39:00 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

71 years old? Asians do not age.


2 posted on 01/24/2022 7:39:47 AM PST by Lazamataz (He who does, does not talk. He who talks, does not do.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The more I learn about Metaverse the more convinced I am its from hell and Zuckerberg is Satan. He’s even got the right haircut.

God forbid it catches on.


3 posted on 01/24/2022 7:42:10 AM PST by skeeter
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To: SeekAndFind

A brief introduction to VIRTUAL REALITY ( VR ), AUGMENTED REALITY ( AR ) and the METAVERSE FOR THE UNINITITATED

What is the metaverse? 

Metaverse is a broad term. It generally refers to shared virtual world environments which people can access via the internet.

The term can refer to digital spaces which are made more lifelike by the use of virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR).

Some people also use the word metaverse to describe gaming worlds, in which users have a character that can walk around and interact with other players.

There is also a specific type of metaverse which uses blockchain technology. 

In these, users can buy virtual land and other digital assets using cryptocurrencies.

Many science fiction books and films are set in fully-fledged metaverses – alternative digital worlds which are indistinguishable from the real physical world. 

But this is still the stuff of fiction.

Currently, most virtual spaces look more like the inside of a video game than real life.

Facebook Inc. under fire from regulators and lawmakers over its business practices, is planning to rebrand itself with a new name that focuses on the metaverse, the Verge reported.

Why is it taking off?

Fans of the metaverse see it as the next stage in the development of the internet.

At the moment, people interact with each other online by going to websites such as social media platforms or using messaging applications. 

The idea of the metaverse is that it will create new online spaces in which people’s interactions can be more multi-dimensional, where users are able to immerse themselves in digital content rather than simply viewing it.

The accelerated interest in the metaverse can be seen as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

As more people have started working and going to school remotely, there has been an increased demand for ways to make online interaction more lifelike.

4 posted on 01/24/2022 7:42:18 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: Lazamataz
Eventually I would think the VR headsets would have a similar effect as the "opti-grab'


5 posted on 01/24/2022 7:47:55 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: Lazamataz
I fear that VR will follow the same path as cell phones going from unnecessary toy to necessary interface to the rest of humanity.

People and companies are now spending real money to buy virtual properties in the Metaverse. They are running virtual concerts now, but if the assault on retail continues we may be required to don headsets to walk through virtual stores to identify products we want shipped to us from secured distribution centers.

6 posted on 01/24/2022 7:48:02 AM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

What type of clown would want to live in that type of world?

All it does is exacerbate sloth and laziness.

You think kids are lazy now, just wait...Welcome meta!


7 posted on 01/24/2022 7:53:44 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: SeekAndFind

The point is, you sell several hundred tons of plastic and microshards of metal to teenagers across the world.


8 posted on 01/24/2022 7:54:05 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: SeekAndFind

Porn will drive VR adoption.


9 posted on 01/24/2022 7:59:34 AM PST by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: SeekAndFind

This is being pushed by the World Economic Forum. This is literally an attempt to create “The Matrix” in real life and have you live there - all with very strictly controlled narratives by the likes of Zuckerberg.


10 posted on 01/24/2022 8:02:16 AM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
You think kids are lazy now, just wait...Welcome meta!

Meta Beta males.

11 posted on 01/24/2022 8:03:39 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

As technology gets more advanced, we get things like this, it is what it is, frankly I would like to mess around with it.


12 posted on 01/24/2022 8:04:44 AM PST by the_individual2014
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To: SeekAndFind

metaverse, see movie demolition man, for how muddied things will get.


13 posted on 01/24/2022 8:08:32 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: SeekAndFind

Second Life with annoying, uncomfortable visors? Sign me up!


14 posted on 01/24/2022 8:09:00 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: fuzzylogic

I’m getting more of a “Surrogates” (1980) vibe from this.
Set in slovenly, lazy self in a chair or bed, put on the helmet and let your senses tell your incredibly handsome/beautiful robot body what to do.
Meanwhile society goes to hell as no one leaves their home, not even to shop. Human contact become an alien idea.


15 posted on 01/24/2022 8:20:34 AM PST by oldvirginian (So if a cow doesn’t produce milk, is it a milk dud or an udder failure?)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ve been intended to get a headset (or two) as soon as they can serve as a modern day Viewmaster.


16 posted on 01/24/2022 8:43:24 AM PST by The Duke (Search for 'Sydney Ducks' and understand what is needed.)
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To: oldvirginian

[[ Human contact become an alien idea.]]

All part of the satanic plan to isolate and alienate people, to turn them agaisnt each other (as the left have been doing with the dang masks and angrily,demanding people stay away from them if they are unmasked) etc. Destroy the family unit, alienate people, cause people,to mistrust as many as possible... make them dependent on the gov, all going to plan


17 posted on 01/24/2022 8:57:37 AM PST by Bob434
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To: SeekAndFind

One word

Porn

That’s what’s really driving the vr world.


18 posted on 01/24/2022 9:01:48 AM PST by cableguymn
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To: SeekAndFind

[[can be more multi-dimensional]]

BUT only as a “perfect” avatar of their own making. When the game world stops, it is back to reality, and depression as they sit around the house having to,deal,with the fact that they have no real friends, and are socially inept because thye spend so much time alone and don’t know how to interact with people face to face outside of their own family structure. The go from being introverts in real life to beign extroverts in fake life online, but then they have to come back to reality at some point, and it will depress the snot out of many. Even before all this, more and more folks were becoming socially inept, and depressed. It’s just gonna get worse with metaverse “life” I thjnk. Maybe not, but it seems to,be headed that way.


19 posted on 01/24/2022 9:05:50 AM PST by Bob434
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To: SeekAndFind

It will devolve into x-rated content that Howard from the Big Bang Theory tv show would love.


20 posted on 01/24/2022 9:50:39 AM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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