Unless by 'glare reduction' he meant these:Rowan93 said:
Otherwise, picked everything too. Though the information overlay and better sensory abilities come first over augmented limbs, just cause I'm a sneaky git.
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Otherwise, picked everything too. Though the information overlay and better sensory abilities come first over augmented limbs, just cause I'm a sneaky git.
Ticked everything bar the recording things, $10k+ for optical, $1k for hearing. Bar music, my hearing is nowhere near as valuable as my eyesight.
From the looks of the thread, doesn't seem to be much I'd be interested in from the survey, but I'd like to weigh in, if I may.
Ideally I would like some sort of neurological augmentation. Something to improve how fast I can process information, and how much I can retain; basically, I want to improve my RAM and HDD.
Ideally I would like some sort of neurological augmentation. Something to improve how fast I can process information, and how much I can retain; basically, I want to improve my RAM and HDD.
I ticked none of them. I see absolutely no need for any of that crap, I do just fine without it all, none of it interests me. I'd much sooner be one of the hippies that protests these augmentations than a tuned up asshole living a day to day life that demands nothing of the upgrades, using every extra penny to pay off the debt they've built up.
If I'm not mistaken your hard drive is already infinitely large, you just can't access all of your files; like a cache of all the crap you don't need but might come in useful. That's why your life flashes before your eyes when you come close to death, you're supposedly scanning every experience for any relevant information that might save your life.Samantha Burt said:
Actually, when I said real sunglasses look cooler, I was referring to exactly those sunglasses. While they do look somewhat cool, there's an element of "pretend sunglasses" that puts them near to the things you clip onto a pair of ordinary glasses, and if you get the right pair of actual sunglasses it looks, well, 20% cooler than what Jensen has. Plus, then it costs about two magnitudes less, and you haven't got a gimmick embedded in your skull.Da Orky Man said:Unless by 'glare reduction' he meant these:Rowan93 said:
I would love to see human augmentation happen during my lifetime and if I could afford it I'd be on board for lots of enhancements. Audio/Visual enhancements would be amazing for my interest in sound production and just general ease of living.
It was probably £300 per eye. I couldn't give any further specifics i'm afraid, it's just a figure i've had floating in my head over the past few years.DoPo said:
I'd like to say 3 things.
1. The survey results so far indicate 30% of people would pay in excess of $10000USD while a combined 15% of people would pay no more that $1000USD which is interesting. Would you really want technology in your body that cost less that the average computer these days? Considering the costs of research and development, manufacturing, tax, and then surgery? You may as well get McDonald's toys implanted. Just food for thought.
2. I'm currently making my way through university, studying computer science, applied physics and theoretical physics and I intend to start a company to research augmentation within the next 4 years either while studyingmy honours degree or afterwards.
3. Deus Ex was not the birth of the concept of human augmentation. Literature and societies concerning augmentation (or transhumanism as it's generally referred to) has existed for decades. I've wanted to build this technology since I was 5 when I realised how hard life is for my mum with her terrible vision.
Also fun fact, more people ticked the box for information overlay than for general enhancment. Informaion overlay is only 4 infront but still it's a growing gap.
1. The survey results so far indicate 30% of people would pay in excess of $10000USD while a combined 15% of people would pay no more that $1000USD which is interesting. Would you really want technology in your body that cost less that the average computer these days? Considering the costs of research and development, manufacturing, tax, and then surgery? You may as well get McDonald's toys implanted. Just food for thought.
2. I'm currently making my way through university, studying computer science, applied physics and theoretical physics and I intend to start a company to research augmentation within the next 4 years either while studyingmy honours degree or afterwards.
3. Deus Ex was not the birth of the concept of human augmentation. Literature and societies concerning augmentation (or transhumanism as it's generally referred to) has existed for decades. I've wanted to build this technology since I was 5 when I realised how hard life is for my mum with her terrible vision.
Also fun fact, more people ticked the box for information overlay than for general enhancment. Informaion overlay is only 4 infront but still it's a growing gap.
One of the main points about all this, that I would like to point out, and that Yahtzee briefly touched on in his review of DE:HR, is that this technology EXISTS. We already have spectacles and hearing aids, prosthetic limbs, portable communications and RaDAR (in phones and such).
I had more to say, but I'm too tired presently to coherently express myself.
I had more to say, but I'm too tired presently to coherently express myself.
I think what you've got to bear in mind is that the people surveyed here, on the Escapist, arn't representative of the general population. Looking at the big picture what i think you'll find is a niche (but fairly sizeable) minority of people who will be really into augmentation and will spend tens of thousands on augmentation surgery and technology (the 30% surveyed). I think most other people though, who arn't technology enthusiasts, won't be prepared to pay more than a thousand or so.- the combined 15% of Escapians surveyed.BlacklightVirus said:
It's like plastic surgery (in itself, a form of physical augmentation) some women, with certain values, will be prepared to spend thousands on plastic surgery- but the majority of women won't because they'll rather spend that money on other things they value- like buying a new house, car, going on holiday etc. It will be the same with augmentation. Not everyone is going to be as hyped up about it as Escapists are.
Er, because life is fun and good and is only going to get more so as technology advances.Jonluw said:
That said, no-one would ever engineer an augmentation that you can't manually turn off somehow or at least something. And even if you can't, there are plenty of things that are physically impossible to survive no matter how much indestructium alloy your skull is coated in. If you're bored after the first few millenia, just hurl yourself into the sun. There's no way an immortality upgrade could do the same stuff as an immortality "curse" from fantasy fiction.
"I don't care how bloody blissful it is. You'll get used to it, and you'll be fucking bored."Rowan93 said:
-Jim Jeffries.
He's a really funny comedian by the way. I recommend checking his stuff out. Lots of stuff on youtube.
Well, then you wouldn't be immortal, would you?
You'd be something like "practically immortal" or just have an indefinite lifespan.
Both of which appeal somewhat, but not all that much to me. I'd still very much like to die at some point, and I don't see a lot of reason for putting it off too far past my time.
Besides: Common availability of "immortality" augments would lead to a horrible surge in social conservatism which would just make me so depressed.
I'm pretty sure he's talking about heaven in that context, and heaven is a pretty boring place. Human memory isn't good enough for you to be bored with something you haven't been doing for over a century, and there are more than enough things to occupy yourself with to get a rotation going (and that's assuming the world becomes all still and stagnant, which it won't).Jonluw said:
Since this thread isn't discussing miracles, wishes or magic, I don't see why you'd assume it'd be that kind of immortality.
Why? What makes living less than a century so appealing?
The zeitgeist wouldn't become socially conservative relative to the current one. The introduction of immortality augmentations would lead to the proportion of the population that are open to new ideas expanding, because the technophobes die for their beliefs.
From then on, yes conservatism will increase because of the older population, but you'll be one of these conservative old people! Either you can actually change things and make this not happen, or you're going to hate whatever new thing the children of 2200 will come up with and being conservative is exactly what you want anyway.
