Will there be fully-imersive virtual worlds similar to* Sword Art Online by 2042?
Will there be fully-imersive virtual worlds similar to* Sword Art Online by 2042?
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*Similar to means:

  • a non- or minimally-invasive technology to connect to the virtual world exists (minimally invasive meaning no cutting open your skull, no devices which can't be removed or exchanged/upgraded).

  • the world and controls do not need to be as sophisticated as SAO, but the experience should feel like as it would be sensed in the real world

  • the same goes for acting in the virtual world

  • this excludes VR applications with screens, exoskeletons etc. no matter how sophisticated they are

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To do this non invasively would require field manipulation technologies that are way beyond what we currently have.

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