[vos-d] Vip vs. the Wired

[Ken Taylor]

(spoiler if you haven't seen the whole series)

We'd better make sure that no developer is planning on integrating his
consciousness with the next version of the VOP protocol ;)

Ken


----- Original Message ----- 
From: S Mattison
To: VOS Discussion
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 2:50 AM
Subject: [vos-d] Vip vs. the Wired


Back in 1998-2004 when I was planning all of this out, I let all the
features creep in that wanted to creep in. Suddenly, I had such a huge
unmanageable idea, that if it were actually implemented, it would surely
revolutionize the way things were done, from computer use to the internet,
to robotics to space flight, and even to driving a vehicle or walking down
the street.

(Imagine, using your portable computer and VR-sunglasses, you are able to
"right-click" on a broken street-light, and report it to the electric
company to be fixed, meanwhile emailing a family member, and talking to your
significant other as well as a friend who lives on the other side of the
world, via voip).

A few months later, an interesting anime came to my attention... In "Serial
Experiments; Lain", there was a construct called "The Wired". It was a 3d
online environment, accessible via vector-based operating system-enabled
computers called "Navi's". The anime detailed not only this idea of mine,
but also another more secritive idea I had come up with, involving the
ability to see the virtual 3d environment without seemingly using a computer
interface at all.

It was an interesting anime. I recommend it, if you are into that sort of
thing.