V - Virtual Reality

They have the technology to put a "screen" in your eyeball now. How awesome is that? But are we any closer to "virtual reality"? Have we already found it?

When you look at the games of today they are so good and so polished that some might argue they are types of virtual reality. We can dive into another world and assume a role, but we aren't really surrounded by it. It isn't quite like the Tron VR that we were all expected. Less Lawnmower Man, more good imagination.

VR really hasn't made much headway and seems a lot less popular. I can't tell if it is because technology just passed it over because it wasn't going to be affordable enough to market to the masses or if it just sucked. I'd love to think that I could be so into an experience that I'd think it was real. The goggles, the stupid movement suit... I mean, how could that not be cool? Then I think about what Kinect is doing for people. Sensors can read the eyes, you ARE the controller, and you see your actions reflected on screen. Isn't this kind of like what we thought the VR would be like... just with less shit strapped to us.

I don't know what the future holds of it, but I'd like to see VR make a sort of come back. The 80s seem to be making a comeback themselves, maybe this is the perfect time. I'd rather see it move forward that fuck around with 3D TV.