VR - Humanity's Next Addiction

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  • čas přidán 30. 06. 2019
  • This short story is completely fictional and is not intended to be educational on the technology or industry of VR. Furthermore, it is perhaps not even really about virtual reality in a specific sense, but rather, what VR suggests about us.
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  • @ericrandall548
    @ericrandall548 Před 4 lety +2239

    The year is 2141,
    David has been alive for over 130 years.

  • @somespecies
    @somespecies Před 4 lety +2798

    Year 2019, David wears VR to watch porn

    • @Summer_Xia
      @Summer_Xia Před 4 lety +33

      More wonderful accomplied by sense-simulating suit.

    • @osse1n
      @osse1n Před 4 lety +27

      *Technological bosom have dehumanised societies*

    • @Tadotoka666
      @Tadotoka666 Před 4 lety +5

      Your fucking pfp

    • @CstriderNNS
      @CstriderNNS Před 4 lety +13

      @edgar2prado it is the second most primal instinct , just under self-preservation

    • @plzzz
      @plzzz Před 4 lety +15

      More like the first day he gets on the headset.

  • @anandpatel1074
    @anandpatel1074 Před 4 lety +651

    This “VR” in this video is basically an extrapolated version of the smartphones all of us are already using

  • @__Wanderer
    @__Wanderer Před 4 lety +1260

    Plot twist: we are already in the VR system.

    • @pessoinha1
      @pessoinha1 Před 4 lety +82

      WanderLust reality is a simulation within a simulation within a simulation and just now humanity has started to realize that

    • @yfo124
      @yfo124 Před 4 lety +118

      Well this VR sucks

    • @__Wanderer
      @__Wanderer Před 4 lety +19

      @@pessoinha1 it's turtles all the way down

    • @__Wanderer
      @__Wanderer Před 4 lety +54

      @@yfo124 yeah really need an update patch - think the USA and UK are glitching

    • @soda_can732
      @soda_can732 Před 4 lety +27

      thanks for the existensial crisis

  • @lastsonofkrypton3918
    @lastsonofkrypton3918 Před 4 lety +1332

    “All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”― Blaise Pascal

    • @eclipsesolar8345
      @eclipsesolar8345 Před 4 lety +68

      A pseudo quote that does nothing to explain the human condition, at all.

    • @bhatkat
      @bhatkat Před 4 lety +31

      @@eclipsesolar8345 Yeah, it runs into the common problem seen with using absolutes, like all and nothing. Would it be even quoted though if he said most of humanities problems are the result of our inability to sit quietly in a room alone?

    • @Loogie-gb4kg
      @Loogie-gb4kg Před 4 lety +20

      @@eclipsesolar8345 this condition actually originates from evolutionary flaws in the human psyche, it is one reason why meditation exists

    • @yeetus8870
      @yeetus8870 Před 4 lety +22

      that's y'alls problem not mine, I can sit in a spot all day and do nothing and not feel bored or feel like I'm going insane

    • @Loogie-gb4kg
      @Loogie-gb4kg Před 4 lety +3

      @@yeetus8870 neither is it mine

  • @paffycat
    @paffycat Před 4 lety +414

    "instead of going out to social events, he more frequently engages in virtual social events"
    As if that was anything new

    • @aurumvale9908
      @aurumvale9908 Před 4 lety +13

      or that much different.
      but the chances to get trampled dead by a false fire alarm are considerably less

    • @mellowm5634
      @mellowm5634 Před 4 lety

      ya thats what youtube comments are

    • @Spookatz.
      @Spookatz. Před 4 lety

      Relatable

    • @Captain_MonsterFart
      @Captain_MonsterFart Před 4 lety +1

      It damn well IS new. This shit has been around for five minutes, people under 25 are being indoctrinated into something deeply weird!

    • @flaviobiancolli9569
      @flaviobiancolli9569 Před 3 lety +4

      @@gayanime8981 It's sad you're so blind and into dopamine addition to think that way

  • @Emily-rk4ps
    @Emily-rk4ps Před 4 lety +250

    Wow. That was powerful. I already feel the loneliness of social media. Constant sharing and seeking validation from people through screens. When all you want is a friend to be with you in the flesh and share experiences with.

    • @madeinfull
      @madeinfull Před 4 lety +20

      this might hurt to hear but you are the friend that you always wanted

    • @richard4short5
      @richard4short5 Před 3 lety +6

      Strange, Emily. Strange.
      Lol, not really. I just saw an opportunity to type 'Emily Strange'
      Ive reached the age where ive concluded that everyone gets to keep at least one friend for life and that friendship is never chosen - it just is.........

    • @j.1759
      @j.1759 Před 2 lety +1

      jesus fucking christ I've never had anyone tell me something so true about myself

    • @mrsways7671
      @mrsways7671 Před 2 lety +1

      Preach sister!! I never really fell into social media too hard as I live close to many of my life-long friends and see them often... if I didn't however, im sure things would be different...vr however is a different story.. I am a mother of three and I rarely get the chance to "go out", and vr has been a great option for me to socialize and meet new people.. how much is too much tho?! I've found myself doing this more and more, for longer amounts of time.. and if I'm being real, I've begun to experience somewhat of a tetris effect (seeing the games I play when I close my eyes, hearing the music in my head..) I know I need to take a real break, its just way harder than I had imagined it would be.. I still see my real friends, but instead of calling them to chat I find myself choosing to vr instead... more often then I'd like to admit.. which is strange considering my husband basically had to "twist my arm" to get me to try it.. I love vr! Its amazing! But just like everything else, we have to remember to know our limits, check in with our bodies and minds, and understand to much of a good thing, is always a bad thing.. much love everybody! Stay safe, happy and healthy!

    • @eugeniosabater8449
      @eugeniosabater8449 Před rokem

      I only use social media to post my work or talk to relatives who live in another country! I rarely post videos though!!!!

  • @dliciouscrabmeat6355
    @dliciouscrabmeat6355 Před 4 lety +130

    3:42 "and the motions and controls never felt natural"
    *shows footage of Skyrim*

  • @neomatrix3612
    @neomatrix3612 Před 4 lety +547

    Soon, VR will be so good that you will be able to experience VR in VR.

    • @guywithmanyname5247
      @guywithmanyname5247 Před 4 lety +15

      I already saw a game like that i forgot the name tho

    • @elmikatv
      @elmikatv Před 4 lety +1

      Guy with many name whoah 0.0 thats deep

    • @nurd0
      @nurd0 Před 4 lety +10

      there’s already a game of that it’s called virtual virtual reality, i played it first game after getting my vr, it’s one of the best games i’ve played too

    • @TNTBLACKOUT
      @TNTBLACKOUT Před 4 lety +2

      Neo Matrix South Park made an hilarious episode about this

    • @neomatrix3612
      @neomatrix3612 Před 4 lety

      @@TNTBLACKOUT Oh really? I will have to check it out, love that show.

  • @jakartagamer6188
    @jakartagamer6188 Před 4 lety +577

    THE MEMES ARE GONNA BE 3D OH GOD NO THE EARRAPE

  • @ironcascade7921
    @ironcascade7921 Před 4 lety +114

    “They laugh together, they suffer together, it’s amazing” pretty much sums up my friends and me

  • @Matt-zk9oi
    @Matt-zk9oi Před 4 lety +46

    "It's not really considered addiction, because everyone is doing it." 7:30
    Holy shit I need to go outside

  • @zhonlino
    @zhonlino Před 4 lety +501

    In year 2122
    Prediction: Retina VR and flying cars.
    Reality: Earth is not flat isn't it?

    • @SickEntertaining
      @SickEntertaining Před 4 lety +10

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retinal_implant I'm always wondering why everybody thinks it is that far away.

    • @theonahmad9612
      @theonahmad9612 Před 4 lety

      @@SickEntertaining wow man you don't really know a thing about anatomy do you? Do you even know how the eyes work?

    • @DavePuhrrez
      @DavePuhrrez Před 4 lety

      Who says we are not in that now!

    • @caseygroves3046
      @caseygroves3046 Před 4 lety +1

      Seriously... HAHA!

    • @SickEntertaining
      @SickEntertaining Před 4 lety +2

      @@theonahmad9612 Wtf do you mean? I made no statement about the anatomy of the eye and how it works and only showed that we already have technology that does what was shown in the video. Do you even know how social interactions work?

  • @vintageb8
    @vintageb8 Před 4 lety +477

    David still needs to eat and go to the bathroom. That should keep him grounded.

    • @jRadx_
      @jRadx_ Před 4 lety +96

      You wait for the AR pooping minigame I'm working on!

    • @sleepycodes3816
      @sleepycodes3816 Před 4 lety +1

      @@jRadx_ lol

    • @PromoCraft-rz3vz
      @PromoCraft-rz3vz Před 4 lety +8

      David slips up his ui, opens up the real, and virtual world at the same time. Then he attends to his needs, to fall back into the distraction created, to make him forget it all

    • @hanadikanaan6930
      @hanadikanaan6930 Před 4 lety +2

      Well yeah but now with the VR stuck in his eyeballs he can't

    • @sleepycodes3816
      @sleepycodes3816 Před 4 lety +1

      @@hanadikanaan6930 yes he can he have to eat

  • @insert_name_here6593
    @insert_name_here6593 Před 4 lety +179

    I like how David’s character becomes more simple as technology begins to overcome him, and when he eventually experiences real life again, his character becomes more detailed.
    Great job

  • @takedown205productions6
    @takedown205productions6 Před 4 lety +778

    How could I be addicted to something I can't afford??
    Edit: Let me be perfectly clear, VR equipment and the computer needed to run it is very different from drugs; find something else to compare it to.

    • @TooManyBoats1
      @TooManyBoats1 Před 4 lety +67

      Fox Gamer same way people go broke on drugs today

    • @takedown205productions6
      @takedown205productions6 Před 4 lety +13

      @@TooManyBoats1 And now does that work? No-one in my family has had a drug problem.

    • @TooManyBoats1
      @TooManyBoats1 Před 4 lety +27

      Fox Gamer well good for your family

    • @takedown205productions6
      @takedown205productions6 Před 4 lety +16

      @@TooManyBoats1 I am still confused though. How would someone become addicted if they can't afford it? The way you answered it was pretty vague to the point where I couldn't understand it.

    • @cosminstanescu1469
      @cosminstanescu1469 Před 4 lety +47

      It's gonna be free and monetized in nefarious ways, just like facebook is.

  • @theonahmad9612
    @theonahmad9612 Před 4 lety +343

    He watched some Black Mirror to make this.

    • @aurumvale9908
      @aurumvale9908 Před 4 lety +29

      and took the worst possible prediction.
      we got all of the same phenomena with every advancement in tech.
      TV makes people sick and stupid, the internet eats your personality, social media lead to isolation and so on.
      still the world stands

    • @pysteriax1122
      @pysteriax1122 Před 4 lety +1

      @Bruno Ferreira fuck man

    • @JeffSkyward
      @JeffSkyward Před 4 lety +1

      Entire History of You

    • @Usul26
      @Usul26 Před 4 lety

      The VR is even nothing compared to that Striking Vipers X technology in black mirror season 5 episode 1

    • @lamedead9601
      @lamedead9601 Před 4 lety

      @@aurumvale9908 the plots of black mirror is nothing new .. Just rebranded 1940-2000s science fiction to fit in todays times just like philosophy religion Etc. Not shit on theses day besides softcore/ gore Or programming for the masses.

  • @cheekybananaboy3361
    @cheekybananaboy3361 Před 4 lety +525

    A low-budget youtube channel just made something way better than a massive-budget tv show (black mirror season 5)

    • @patrickhanson712
      @patrickhanson712 Před 4 lety +1

      Well, it is basically Black Mirror in concept.... Black Muesum lol... I found the episode with the Borderline disorder guy in Smithereens disturbing cause he played it well. And the aunt in Ashley too was creepy cold here and there. I see many people have panned the delayed season 5.

    • @matthewjohnstone7324
      @matthewjohnstone7324 Před 4 lety +5

      I actually think black mirror season 5 was the best / second best season yet. It focused more on subtler ways technology causes problems in ways that are less obvious to people that live in 2019. I also thought season 4 and linking all the episodes were making it worse being more about a tv show than the poetry

    • @FiyaPowa1
      @FiyaPowa1 Před 4 lety +1

      No it didn’t. This CZcams channel is thinking way too small, VR glasses is a dumb way to us VR. A concept like sword art online would be bad ass. A way to transfer your consciousness to an avatar body.

    • @buckup1012
      @buckup1012 Před 4 lety +5

      @@FiyaPowa1 It wasn't about the concept it was about the addiction. About loosing your self. A story about a possible downfall of humanity that might be already occurring.

    • @Miki_Naz
      @Miki_Naz Před 4 lety +1

      Welcome to the internet. It's normal here.

  • @sicklikephee7855
    @sicklikephee7855 Před 4 lety +281

    All im saying is im ready for a Ready Player One type world.

    • @asgeirchannel
      @asgeirchannel Před 4 lety +8

      It's coming. Probably sooner than when RP1 takes place.

    • @dakillzy7996
      @dakillzy7996 Před 4 lety +6

      OMG same it's going to be the best

    • @asgeirchannel
      @asgeirchannel Před 4 lety +12

      @@dakillzy7996 At least the VR side of it xD

    • @dakillzy7996
      @dakillzy7996 Před 4 lety +2

      Me right now: *happy noises*

    • @Lili-ey1nd
      @Lili-ey1nd Před 4 lety +1

      Asgeir what’s Rp1

  • @eternalreality3260
    @eternalreality3260 Před 4 lety +81

    What theorists believe the future will be like: *This video*
    What it actually will be like: People with anime avatars Naruto running through NYC in VR.

  • @DJslopp10
    @DJslopp10 Před 4 lety +470

    Welcome to the Oasis

  • @spoockybro
    @spoockybro Před 4 lety +185

    I took my glasses of...
    and now everything is blury.

    • @bluefox3047
      @bluefox3047 Před 4 lety +15

      I think they will patch that up next update

    • @kayathemaya8971
      @kayathemaya8971 Před 4 lety +3

      They said that they will fix it when the LifeEngine.Lib updates

    • @Diesell6
      @Diesell6 Před 4 lety +1

      The engine they're using is quite old so it might take time

    • @gabor6259
      @gabor6259 Před 4 lety +1

      *off *blurry

    • @jmoore9806
      @jmoore9806 Před 4 lety

      @@bluefox3047 lol scary funny because it will be true....really funny.....but sad at the same time

  • @redbrixanimations
    @redbrixanimations Před 4 lety +31

    1950: We will have flying cars in the future!
    2019: *Humans create literal virtual universes where you can do whatever you want*

    • @AzulaAlwaysLies2461
      @AzulaAlwaysLies2461 Před 2 lety

      Again this aged quite poorly. We already have the metaverse and it's only been two years.

    • @redbrixanimations
      @redbrixanimations Před 2 lety

      @@AzulaAlwaysLies2461 I don’t even remember making this comment

  • @colouur4778
    @colouur4778 Před 4 lety +20

    This is like that one time I forgot my phone when I went into the bathroom

  • @SouvikAhmed
    @SouvikAhmed Před 4 lety +1361

    VR waifus are going to be a thing

    • @DioBrando-nb7yz
      @DioBrando-nb7yz Před 4 lety +71

      About time

    • @1810jeff
      @1810jeff Před 4 lety +102

      Souvik can’t wait for humanity to cancel women

    • @mateuszsmagacz8332
      @mateuszsmagacz8332 Před 4 lety +56

      Finally catgirls will be real!

    • @leoisforevercool
      @leoisforevercool Před 4 lety +15

      *gym membership cancelled* bring it on future man

    • @Novella1
      @Novella1 Před 4 lety +5

      I make similar videos on my channel, check it out if you want to! I spend a lot of time on them but it's difficult to get recognized so that's why im commenting here. Thank you :)

  • @freefilesvirus
    @freefilesvirus Před 4 lety +141

    David: Where am I, who am I?
    Drax: *W H Y A M I*

  • @demo_AAA
    @demo_AAA Před 3 lety +8

    Imagine having to play a mini game everytime you pick up a cabbage at the grocery store

  • @MaxDoesFitness
    @MaxDoesFitness Před 4 lety +39

    This is such an eye-opening channel :)

  • @isabellalazuli8923
    @isabellalazuli8923 Před 4 lety +129

    I see trees of green, red roses too.
    I see them bloom for me and you.
    And I think to myself, what a wonderful world...
    Oh, wait, but that was only with the VR glasses on...

    • @princeace5087
      @princeace5087 Před 4 lety

      Helli

    • @yannisgk
      @yannisgk Před 4 lety +1

      VR=WONDERFUL BUT FAKE, REALITY=UGLY BUT TRUE .

    • @2yt4u.14.
      @2yt4u.14. Před 4 lety

      of course its happening inside vr glasses but why on earth should that mean its not real

  • @mat_name_whatever
    @mat_name_whatever Před 4 lety +370

    It should be noted that davids carbon footprint is reduced by 90%, since he doesnt fly anywherr in the holidays and sold his car.

    • @elhammossad7390
      @elhammossad7390 Před 4 lety +14

      But because of a longer lifespan David has basically the same footprint and not alot of people die overpopulation and many footprint come from many feet so it's even worse off now I guess

    • @elhammossad7390
      @elhammossad7390 Před 4 lety +1

      Srry for the negative reactions

    • @mat_name_whatever
      @mat_name_whatever Před 4 lety +3

      @@elhammossad7390 ah no worries man, its nice to see someone cares :)
      I agree that overpopulation would turn out to be a very real issue. Of course that is linked to the lifespan part and not to vr, so... Maybe vr will keep people too busy to research anti aging tech? ^^

    • @mat_name_whatever
      @mat_name_whatever Před 4 lety +2

      @Danny Vercetti Killing child laborers... You and toxic waste have so much in common!
      A) Toxic
      B) Waste
      C) Best sealed and buried

    • @chrismccann9164
      @chrismccann9164 Před 4 lety +1

      Would hate to see his power and internet provider bill though !

  • @damondominique
    @damondominique Před 3 lety +89

    and here we go building The Matrix again !

    • @lmeza1983
      @lmeza1983 Před 2 lety

      The matrix was heavily inspired by Ghost in the shell but in that anime machines don't enslave humanity but merge with them.
      czcams.com/video/WX6uhU0OX_c/video.html&ab_channel=AmberZhou

  • @limglen4152
    @limglen4152 Před 4 lety +18

    I love how the ending are always opposite of the begining

  • @georgemissailidis1504
    @georgemissailidis1504 Před 4 lety +248

    How can something be so sad and yet so beautiful at the same time?

    • @oliverquick3405
      @oliverquick3405 Před 4 lety +1

      It's the same with it's inventors,those humans....they can be,well kinda beautiful in what they create and build through their positive feelings,but in the end they need to be gone,and achieve all those landmarks of selfdestruction in such a short ammount of time.awesome times

    • @oliverquick3405
      @oliverquick3405 Před 4 lety +5

      @@RIPxBlackHawk I'm from germany and nearly 20 years out of school,so basically everything I was taught is gone

    • @cameronmullin1643
      @cameronmullin1643 Před 4 lety +10

      @@RIPxBlackHawk p,r,i,c,k.

    • @cameronmullin1643
      @cameronmullin1643 Před 4 lety

      @@hypermangi8265 ?

    • @cameronmullin1643
      @cameronmullin1643 Před 4 lety

      @@hypermangi8265 fair enough and I was calling him a prick for criticising someones grammar even after he finds out it's not his first language. I was questioning why you just said aight lol doesn't make sense unless you are agreeing hes a prick...

  • @memyselfandmik3
    @memyselfandmik3 Před 4 lety +74

    David: Take these god forsaken vr goggles off me.
    Hal VR Goggles: Sorry Dave I'm afraid I can't do that!

  • @coloredfox3463
    @coloredfox3463 Před 2 lety +2

    Sometimes I take a moment to look at all the details and bumps of this world... I thought I was the only one who felt like this

  • @MrAshishras
    @MrAshishras Před 4 lety +6

    I wonder how much effort you put in these videos script and naming characters their plot etc .Just simply outstanding, incredible.

  • @ZacharyLaid
    @ZacharyLaid Před 4 lety +2051

    Our world is literally going to turn into the matrix.

  • @HumansOfVR
    @HumansOfVR Před 4 lety +258

    *_Even the technology that promises to unite us, further divides us. Each of us is now electronically connected to the globe, and yet we feel utterly alone_*

    • @chudcel88
      @chudcel88 Před 4 lety +21

      this is so deep
      t/his says a lot about our socety
      smash le like for more fortite funny moments

    • @jeremymenning56
      @jeremymenning56 Před 4 lety +11

      Most societies collapse, in part, due to the notion that their unprecedented technology is the difference between all previous failed societies and their own. And their overconfidence in that technology ultimately leads, in part, to their demise.
      Smart phones and the internet have advanced us, but the negative aspects of these technologies are vastly underestimated.

    • @eenzamegezelligheid8854
      @eenzamegezelligheid8854 Před 4 lety +5

      Because we think more is better

    • @finnISHY
      @finnISHY Před 4 lety +1

      @@chudcel88 wow epic you totally just refuted his point

    • @litaford4508
      @litaford4508 Před 4 lety +3

      @@jeremymenning56 Yes it is. It hurts my heart to watch my grandsons grow up addicted and dissociative in this SMART technological world. So much for picking them up and hanging out at the park. They are NOT INTERESTED. SICKENING PERSONALLY

  • @cmralph...
    @cmralph... Před 6 měsíci +1

    This actually happened to me in the virtual world, Second Life - it went on for nearly 12 years. 12 years of my life I can never get back. It took being diagnosed with macular degeneration and told I was going blind to get me to finally log out and focus on my REAL LIFE. I was totally addicted.

  • @jeshurandianga1251
    @jeshurandianga1251 Před 6 měsíci

    Philosophy is the glasses that show you the room where your alone.The virtual reality and how they seek a newer version and trying to numb the pain shows how we are constantly trying to escape the pain of existence or the negative only to end up there again..kind of like a cure leading to a disease.

  • @abelrrant
    @abelrrant Před 4 lety +79

    This literally sounds like a science fiction neo-myth of Plato's cave.

    • @adammesheia
      @adammesheia Před 4 lety +1

      holy i thought the same

    • @SUBSYNDICATE
      @SUBSYNDICATE Před 4 lety

      very right

    • @Rindew
      @Rindew Před 4 lety +2

      But they have different messages tho

    • @alexschon6064
      @alexschon6064 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Rindew The messages are not the same, but on my opinion similar. The doctor is the one who want to persuade the patient, that they are an other reality. Yeah while I'm typing I actually noticed the diffrence, nevermind :D

  • @Michael_black777
    @Michael_black777 Před 4 lety +201

    Imagine if virtual reality become so advanced that people could attend their jobs using vr

    • @Michael_black777
      @Michael_black777 Před 4 lety +3

      David Townshend yeah, that’s what I meant

    • @savagesalvage9449
      @savagesalvage9449 Před 4 lety +11

      @@Michael_black777
      But that's essentially what it is. You're sitting at you desk at home and pretending to be a stripper at a night club for 9 hours in Second Life or buying and selling virtual property in (StarCraft, I think) and all the paperwork and data sheets that entails. You're sitting at your desk and pretending to do something in a VR world, for a VR world, in exchange for real money. The only difference is that you aren't physically stuffed into a cubicle.

    • @plzzz
      @plzzz Před 4 lety +4

      It's already happening. People are not using VR for corporate meeting from home and many others. For some, even use VR in their job - game model, designer, architect and much more.

    • @coolerthanafreezer13
      @coolerthanafreezer13 Před 4 lety

      That’s an epic idea Bro. You’re living in 2509

    • @Paretozen
      @Paretozen Před 4 lety +4

      Why would people have jobs if virtual reality becomes very advanced? God how depressing would your job be. Imagine going from a 9-5 grind, back to a world with infinite possibilities.

  • @TheLonelyViper
    @TheLonelyViper Před 4 lety +183

    As a VR content creator...uh oh

    • @elieLB
      @elieLB Před 3 lety +5

      The Lonely Viper lmaoo

  • @Lezzylree
    @Lezzylree Před 4 lety +81

    I'm both really excited and really scared for this type of technology

  • @connerforbis1466
    @connerforbis1466 Před 4 lety +54

    The parallel at the end of physical reality becoming as artificial as virtual reality was in the beginning was beautiful. I notice you do that a lot in these videos, but here it just worked, and it worked magnificently. Well done.

  • @6Kubik
    @6Kubik Před 4 lety +263

    "the year is 2141. David hasn't had to think or feel in years." Well yeah - because he is already death.

    • @nielshoof9752
      @nielshoof9752 Před 4 lety +23

      Somewhere in the video they explained medicine advanced or something increasing life span

    • @CloroxBleach0
      @CloroxBleach0 Před 4 lety +14

      already death?

    • @brandellellison7361
      @brandellellison7361 Před 4 lety +6

      "Eventually, David stopped thinking."

    • @joegrizzly999
      @joegrizzly999 Před 4 lety

      Deaf*

    • @sai_Indurthi
      @sai_Indurthi Před 4 lety +1

      Already “ death”? He is alive. The advanced medicine technology increased his life span. He hasn’t had to think because he has been in virtual reality for too long

  • @Landon783
    @Landon783 Před 3 lety +3

    I've been watching your videos for a while now. It's always so wonderous and surreal how you tell your stories so fully, intricately, and completely, bringing them full-circle to their origin in a kind of mirrored self-reflection.
    Truely awe-inspiring. I'm glad you share such helpful and complete insights with us. Thank you!

  • @JacobAndJamal
    @JacobAndJamal Před 2 lety +3

    I just got an Oculus Quest 2 , and DEF can see how it’s addicting. I was up till like 3am , time just flies when I’m on it

  • @kasai1924
    @kasai1924 Před 4 lety +147

    Wow that was a really nice deep video. Now it's time to go back into VR and have fun
    Wait-

    • @tomhenrik1481
      @tomhenrik1481 Před 4 lety +9

      wait- u have to Finnish season 3 of SAO

    • @sossololpipi9633
      @sossololpipi9633 Před 4 lety +2

      @@tomhenrik1481 f i n n i s h

    • @Cobalt985
      @Cobalt985 Před 4 lety +2

      @xrelik Fuck I need full dive VR. Ideally the Neuro Linker.

    • @lllllRoguelllllX
      @lllllRoguelllllX Před 4 lety +1

      @@tomhenrik1481 it's not yet finished it was more like a cliffhanger

  • @StarLight-so4nm
    @StarLight-so4nm Před 4 lety +178

    David life for more than 120 years?
    God future lifespan is amazing

    • @ninopan1683
      @ninopan1683 Před 4 lety +8

      I think it will be longer.

    • @Mushubeans
      @Mushubeans Před 4 lety +7

      120 years if you can afford it

    • @xx_amongus_xx6987
      @xx_amongus_xx6987 Před 4 lety +2

      @Jay Williams I learned about that once before but it doesn't really make sense which must mean we're reading the records wrong or those recorded names of 8,000 belong to gods and not kings. It doesn't make sense because how would they live that long? And I could be mistake but I dont believe their civilizations even lasted that long

    • @pokiblue5870
      @pokiblue5870 Před 4 lety +8

      With the help of Self learning Ai...it is possible they will find all answers with our DNA and modify it to remove any illness,cancers and stop the aging process on our cells...basically immortality...also change our DNA to make our body adapt to the space and discover the unkown...

    • @xx_amongus_xx6987
      @xx_amongus_xx6987 Před 4 lety +3

      @@pokiblue5870 Possible, but unlikely. I dont know too much about medical stuff but I know that if you let someone live for too long and remove natural aging processes, our cells just keep on replicating (I think) rapidly and you wind up getting cancer. But maybe there's a loophole that quantum computers can calculate. I personally do not think immortality is possible but keep on dreaming dude, anything like that is possible. Im sure our lives will be extended though. True, I think the next space age is just beginning

  • @Elijah
    @Elijah Před 11 měsíci +1

    The fact that I'm getting an ad for Apple vision pro before this video makes me excited and also afraid all at the same time

  • @GlowingGoldGames
    @GlowingGoldGames Před 4 lety +281

    Your channel is like an american version of Exub1a and I love it so much.

  • @NWbirdseyeview
    @NWbirdseyeview Před 4 lety +53

    This video hits hard. I’m easily 3-4 hrs a day deep into firewall zero hour the best multiplayer vr fps in the world. O’well back to firewall haha.

    • @earthpunk9848
      @earthpunk9848 Před 4 lety +4

      firewall? that's a weird way to spell Pavlov

    • @Warlord_-vw6te
      @Warlord_-vw6te Před 4 lety

      @@earthpunk9848 nice one

    • @noah5541
      @noah5541 Před 4 lety +1

      3-4 hours is nothing, and PSVR is trash.

    • @callmeblue6069
      @callmeblue6069 Před 4 lety +3

      @@noah5541 wow what a cool gamer everyone look at this cool edgy gamer this guy plays games more than you guys what a gamer

    • @jaydawg116
      @jaydawg116 Před 4 lety

      Earth Punk aaah- you beat me to the punch.

  • @alexandraartzoglou2718
    @alexandraartzoglou2718 Před 4 lety +9

    This video gave me goosebumps twice! WOW! A very rare kind of genius!!

  • @easy.2102
    @easy.2102 Před 3 lety +3

    You, sir. Have given this chap some goosebumps

  • @somespecies
    @somespecies Před 4 lety +78

    This can be a legit Sci-fi film!

    • @idkwho1719
      @idkwho1719 Před 4 lety +9

      VR is going to take over. It's no fiction.

    • @jeremymenning56
      @jeremymenning56 Před 4 lety +4

      It's called Surrogates. Stars Bruce Willis.

    • @shimy1901
      @shimy1901 Před 4 lety +2

      @@idkwho1719 But it's never gonna be as good as real life, that's what i think

    • @idkwho1719
      @idkwho1719 Před 4 lety +3

      @@shimy1901 Who knows man. Maybe what we call real life is yet another VR headset. It's a loop.

    • @shimy1901
      @shimy1901 Před 4 lety +2

      @@idkwho1719 xDD imagine that...

  • @sanjayawira
    @sanjayawira Před 4 lety +133

    Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one
    -Albert Einstein

    • @MrJonny565
      @MrJonny565 Před 4 lety +22

      @@RIPxBlackHawk things that einstein said over 70 years ago are still being proven to be true today. hes not outdated, he was way ahead of his time

    • @sinistar7876
      @sinistar7876 Před 4 lety +7

      @@RIPxBlackHawk So does that mean the theory of relativity that einstein created, and explains most of what we know about the universe is also outdated?

    • @kafeh3300
      @kafeh3300 Před 4 lety +2

      @@RIPxBlackHawk His theories on relativity were way more than that

    • @BenMerwyn
      @BenMerwyn Před 4 lety +1

      ​@@RIPxBlackHawk What would it have been called if he had not brought it up? People only know to call it the theory now because Einstein made his thoughts public and trialed it. Sure, one might have realized at some point that everything around them is relative and continues with or without them, but had it not been such an open thing, you may have not thought twice on that.
      There is also reason behind why his methods were unconventional. He was a pioneer in this subject. Along with other people, they were the first to provide reason and 'science' behind relativity. Say you were to create something for the first time, like the first car or light bulb or even just a theory on something. You would make it in the way you believe works, maybe not the most efficient nor most accurate, but that just works. Now leave it for everyone else to work on. Ford Motor Company back when they created the Model T did not make the fastest nor most efficient production car to date, simply because they were some of the first to release a production car to the world. Einstein had the initial theory of relativity and worked on trying to prove other issues with it.
      Of course, we should seek to find more recent theories that have worked on Einstein's. We should not however forget where he put his theory and where it has put us. There is no structure without its initial foundation, and there would not be the foundation of the theory we have today without Einstein. His theories at one point were important, but we will always be stuck believing one thing until another comes around to take its place. Just like coal and bio-fuel are having their spot taken little by little, one day a new idea may come around to take the place of Einsteins theory of relativity.
      People believe in it now not as a means to blind themselves, but to simply know that what they are thinking is something they are not alone on. People use this theory as a basis to expand their ideas upon. People use this theory as a foundation on which they build their structure.

    • @jordanwarne911
      @jordanwarne911 Před 4 lety

      @@RIPxBlackHawk I am with you! The theories aren't perfect but are a good explanation for the time. In the future there will always be better and better theories that still have flaws.

  • @the5thwall343
    @the5thwall343 Před rokem +1

    Man went full circle. This is one of his better story times in my opinion 💯

  • @thedevilofmetal5335
    @thedevilofmetal5335 Před 4 lety +3

    I love this channel so much. No one tells a better story. Especially a real philosophy one! Amazing!

  • @michaeldiaz6905
    @michaeldiaz6905 Před 4 lety +32

    "Think about who I am, or what I am, or why I am?" The three most important questions you should ask yourself.

    • @pladselsker8340
      @pladselsker8340 Před 4 lety +3

      Personnaly, I definitely ask myself these alot, but I can't seem to find a definitive satisfying anwser.

    • @michaeldiaz6905
      @michaeldiaz6905 Před 4 lety

      @@pladselsker8340 Maybe that in itself is your answer... The truth will set you free from all boundaries and identities you hold. Every one goes through the process differently.

    • @TheMysticGauntlet
      @TheMysticGauntlet Před 4 lety

      I'll do you one better, why is Gamora?

  • @jeech-bn5yl
    @jeech-bn5yl Před 4 lety +57

    The person that made this is amazing, it brought me a feeling like I was wearing those glasses.

    • @ras_krystafari3333
      @ras_krystafari3333 Před 4 lety

      I wonder why? Did you catch this speech in classroom or on the radio..............

  • @RickNuthman
    @RickNuthman Před 3 lety +1

    The doctor's glasses are an analogy for vipassana/insight meditation. Seeing things as they are, not how you would like them to be.

  • @TheRockyCrowe
    @TheRockyCrowe Před 3 lety +1

    I love how this narrator talks about these scenarios in a storytelling way. Awesome channel that really immersed me into the subject!
    And it scares me how highly likely and common VR addiction could become in the future. A lot of people already have anti-social and anxiety issues today, the next 30 years are going to be WiLd.

  • @rishubajwa
    @rishubajwa Před 4 lety +192

    Looks like BLACK MIRROR mix with SWORD ART ONLINE.

  • @billpancake
    @billpancake Před 4 lety +5

    *puts down phone
    *shudders
    *sheepishly picks up phone again

  • @joaojoaojoao6
    @joaojoaojoao6 Před 4 lety +1

    Your videos are, to me, what the glasses are to David. I feel pain and relief at the same time. You are amazing!

  • @wolfaiden
    @wolfaiden Před 4 lety

    Top five favorite channels thank you for all for all your work

  • @PeachBag
    @PeachBag Před 4 lety +4

    Holy shit this video just blew my mind. The glasses that the doctor gave to David are just like meditating now. Now I REALLY understand the importance of meditating, just accepting the reality as it is and adapting to it, facing problems head on. All the commotion that the world is forcing upon you is distracting you from yourself. Just like Jordan Peterson says, you find meaning in your life when you get yourself in order and facing problems as they are. And this brings me to stoicism. Holy shit as I'm writing this it just keeps blowing my mind

    • @johantino
      @johantino Před 4 lety

      I totally agree PeachBag .. after seeing this video I feel that the larger perpective of why we are here and what is going on is 'clicking in' ... if you are curious about more of my thoughts on the issue you can e.g. check out this youtube : czcams.com/video/K2aEkuyL0sw/video.html

  • @varun_vibing
    @varun_vibing Před 4 lety +141

    Lucid Dreaming is the best way to achieve alternate realities right now.

    • @kikerosas784
      @kikerosas784 Před 4 lety +20

      That's why I love dreaming and look forward to it every single night.

    • @Erebus-vr2jj
      @Erebus-vr2jj Před 4 lety +12

      Not everyone can do a Lucid Dreaming

    • @varun_vibing
      @varun_vibing Před 4 lety +11

      Erebus1860 Most people can achieve it with practice and discipline. There are many methods to induce a lucid dream. And to increase the chance of success for those methods, record your dreams in a journal and perform reality checks everyday.

    • @blanco7726
      @blanco7726 Před 4 lety +3

      Inception watching ass

    • @emmanuelgoldbergstein8769
      @emmanuelgoldbergstein8769 Před 4 lety

      Doesn't lucid get boring? Playing God never appealed to me at all and I enjoy dreaming without knowing

  • @victorthurse6027
    @victorthurse6027 Před 3 lety +2

    This is my favorite story from this channel.

  • @souvikganguly4496
    @souvikganguly4496 Před 4 lety +87

    Moral:
    David Is Stupid
    Don't Be Like David

    • @kazkk2321
      @kazkk2321 Před 3 lety +4

      xNumbx .
      He is not stupid. This technology is the greatest freedom one needs

    • @AbundantRick
      @AbundantRick Před 3 lety +2

      Every single Pursuit of Wonder video

    • @peterpetrarca4691
      @peterpetrarca4691 Před 3 lety +5

      @@kazkk2321 nah he stupid

  • @MarkAlanEffinger
    @MarkAlanEffinger Před 4 lety +6

    It's not about length of life.
    It's about quality of life.
    Performance while alive.

  • @nikolaynikolovmusic
    @nikolaynikolovmusic Před 4 lety +39

    Wait you mean that Replieka will have survived for hundreds of years? That implies a superstrong monopoly on virtual reality, lol..

  • @ismailsahbane1783
    @ismailsahbane1783 Před 3 lety +2

    "Damn !" I said to myself right before closing the video and putting on my vr headset

  • @veritateseducational217
    @veritateseducational217 Před 2 lety +1

    You get a different feeling from this when you watch it in the Oculus CZcams app

  • @LoreMIpsum-vs6dx
    @LoreMIpsum-vs6dx Před 4 lety +102

    Does anyone else get the feeling that we're already there? Just replace "VR" with "Smartphone".

    • @000TQ000
      @000TQ000 Před 4 lety +9

      Boom

    • @blanco7726
      @blanco7726 Před 4 lety +16

      Just replace “VR” with “Water” we’ve been there for hundreds of thousands of years holy shit thats deep.

    • @brianbak6405
      @brianbak6405 Před 4 lety

      Ha! What you think “reality” is.! I dare you look in to dmt.! We are already here. And have been for a loooon looong time.!

    • @giovannivieira5830
      @giovannivieira5830 Před 4 lety

      That was exactly what i was thinking

    • @blanco7726
      @blanco7726 Před 4 lety

      The_Eraser we also need smartphones

  • @slappy_chimp
    @slappy_chimp Před 4 lety +7

    "Nothing is real, everything is permitted"

  • @granther8693
    @granther8693 Před 2 lety +1

    Some of the stuff being talked about here I really interesting and accurate with today’s virtual reality. Fir about the pas year I have exclusively socialized and played games via virtual reality. Many games create an in-game body that you can see when you look down. After a lot of playing, sometimes my mind begins to numb my real body and create a disconnect. Real trippy

  • @captaincookieandmilk6142
    @captaincookieandmilk6142 Před 4 lety +8

    “David puts on the glasses, and walks into an intersection with moving traffic and is immediately decapitated and tossed about like the useless human being that he had become.”

  • @comradedyatlov2010
    @comradedyatlov2010 Před 4 lety +21

    No matter what happens i will taight my kids or grandkids to Go cycling because that is where i began my journey to enjoy the world and view of the Roads

    • @paolopappalardo9976
      @paolopappalardo9976 Před 4 lety

      you don't havecto worry. VR is way too expensive and needs too much space for what it offers. the most played games don't have VR support. Some VR manufacturer are thight on money because there is no hype. you need a 2k pc and the vr kit is another 1k.we will ride our bikes and play games like now for a long time.

    • @QuincyIsCrispy
      @QuincyIsCrispy Před 4 lety

      @@paolopappalardo9976 Are you kidding me? You can run vr on a pretty budget system. A 1060 will run vr and even some worse GPUs may be able to run it with low quality for 600-800 bucks. VR headsets are both getting better, and cheaper. The Oculus quest and Valve Index are examples of those. So are VR games. VR is steadily getting much better.

  • @CtrlAltJ
    @CtrlAltJ Před 4 lety +3

    Beautiful piece! I was thinking a lot about this lately. How meditations and mindfulness is like the glasses in your piece which helps me see reality for what it is beyond this veil of virtual distraction filled reality we created for ourselves today

  • @frederickaugustusdouglass9713

    I got a shiver while watching this, I seriously think this has already happened. Every time I wake up I see gridline patterns all around me , I sometimes see it in the sky when I focus. This has been happening since I was a teen. Its first time I saw something that was similar to my experiences was when I put on a vr headset for the first time, I saw gridlines that shows you the places you can walk so you can be safe. I have only met a few people online who have had these type of experiences, so it hard to investigate.

  • @marethyu5072
    @marethyu5072 Před 4 lety

    This video has seemed to take parts of books I have read like Warcross which talks about augmented reality and then Ready Player One. Spot on!

  • @Mr_Boifriend
    @Mr_Boifriend Před 4 lety +12

    Good story. I love how you make these long stories about technology & science & stuff...

  • @Leto85
    @Leto85 Před 4 lety +4

    Nice animation again. And a wonderful message.
    I haven't used virtual reality myself, but when anyone will be doing it, I probably won't.

  • @TraceFaith
    @TraceFaith Před 4 lety +1

    This is brilliant 🙏🏽 really made me think about myself

  • @Sukiroofficial
    @Sukiroofficial Před 2 lety +2

    “Next” I’ve been addicted since sao came out

  • @purerocketleaguegameplay4532

    This CZcams channel is going to explode, a couple of months ago this channel had 30k subs now they have almost 250k.

  • @Gr3nadgr3gory
    @Gr3nadgr3gory Před 4 lety +6

    Bruh. Its JUST a new controller that you can put on your face. Still the same good old gaming addiction.

    • @minaross6070
      @minaross6070 Před 4 lety +1

      Not for long

    • @Gr3nadgr3gory
      @Gr3nadgr3gory Před 4 lety

      @Peeta Bird and you dont lose yourself in a regular game? It's the same addiction, just the newest form of it. I've used those headsets and I love them. Also a fan of Ready Player One. As long as we listen to cautionary tales well be just as fine as we are now.

    • @Gr3nadgr3gory
      @Gr3nadgr3gory Před 4 lety

      @Peeta Bird I've been 007 since the N64. The imagination will always make graphics beyond what is truly capable. What really matters is if those making games lose their souls. With the indie market in it's current state my hopes are high that we will still have games like the Stanley parable that make you question your life and go outside for an achievement.

    • @Gr3nadgr3gory
      @Gr3nadgr3gory Před 4 lety

      @Peeta Bird hell yeah.

  • @Degga911
    @Degga911 Před 4 lety

    Excellent video, many thanks

  • @shizzle1903
    @shizzle1903 Před 4 lety

    This guys channel is amazing. Should be way more views.

  • @ceplerlight8385
    @ceplerlight8385 Před 4 lety +7

    Only 3 more years, I can't wait!

  • @akuma9885
    @akuma9885 Před 4 lety +8

    It’s scary thinking that humanity will dive to this level of depression

    • @ArmoryArchive
      @ArmoryArchive Před 4 lety +1

      Its just as likely were in a simulation ourselves then this actually being a base reality.

    • @q_q123
      @q_q123 Před 4 lety +1

      Owen Wilson But then you lose your sense of who you really are if you avoid the real world

    • @colin8877
      @colin8877 Před 4 lety

      Depression my arse. Just imagine the fun your going to have in that old peoples home.

  • @shadowvalentine338
    @shadowvalentine338 Před 4 lety

    Dude this really dug deep into my heart

  • @wiksell212
    @wiksell212 Před rokem

    This video is a piece of art. I left me speechless, made me think about technology in a different way and made me think about myself in a different way. Wow

  • @gen-x-zeke8446
    @gen-x-zeke8446 Před 4 lety +57

    2058? It's already happening here in 1996.

  • @daviethelion5131
    @daviethelion5131 Před 4 lety +10

    This would make an incredible live action movie

  • @faisalhameed6301
    @faisalhameed6301 Před 3 lety

    Love this channel!!

  • @filipkaravas603
    @filipkaravas603 Před 4 lety +5

    Why is this the best channel I’ve ever seen

  • @realdripmeister
    @realdripmeister Před 4 lety +18

    Once the real world is merged with virtual ones, does your real self even matter?

    • @irone93
      @irone93 Před 4 lety

      There is no real self

    • @sigra4867
      @sigra4867 Před 4 lety

      Yeah Jesus died for that real you, you matter more than you could ever fathom.