Future Entertainment Becomes Simulated Reality!

[Woodsprite]

I'd like to believe this...

...But I honestly don't. I don't think we'll ever have the technology to recreate a world environment that's "indistinguishable" from ours. Think about the word "indistinguishable" for a minute. That would mean entire recreations of everything exactly as it exists to our normal senses. If Pandora were to be created like this, the technology would have to be better than Cameron's work. It'd have to look more real, because after all, there are a few points in the movie where you can tell something's not right (digitally).

We are talking about exact replicas of humans in a digital realm. Think: exact replicas. We're talking about real movement with absolutely no flaws, and it doesn't stop there. Consider the AI involved. James Cameron created the Na'vi through CGI technology, and some seconds took weeks to make. Everything was animated precisely according to a layout. Nothing was accidental. That was just CGI technology. We're talking about AI. We'd have to find a way to do away with planned animation, where the animation itself can make decisions of its own, without any artists' help. Can you realize what that means? Can you even fathom that kind of information?

No, if we were to ever aquire such tech (though still very, very far from likely) it'd take IMO at least a hundred years.