By 2019 full-body tactile virtual reality that is fully convincing will be widely available.
Inaccurate ●●●●●
“The all-enveloping tactile environment is now widely available and fully convincing.”
- Said on
- 1 January 1999 · Prediction for 2019 from The Age of Spiritual Machines (1999), chapter "2019"; quoted as prediction #59 in the LessWrong volunteer assessment of his 2019 predictions, where all assessors rated it false.
- Source
- Assessing Kurzweil predictions about 2019: the results · LessWrong (GreaterWrong mirror)
- Should come true
- 2019
- How sure they sounded
- none (stated as fact about 2019)
- Categories
- Technology
- Importance
- 2 of 5 · Would transform the VR, entertainment and communication industries.
Outcome
Inaccurate
In 2019 consumer VR (Oculus Quest, HTC Vive) offered only handheld-controller vibration, and full-body haptic suits were niche, costly and far from fully convincing. All the LessWrong volunteer assessors rated this prediction false.
- https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/NcGBmDEe5qXB7dFBF/assessing-kurzweil-predictions-about-2019-the-results
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haptic_suit
History
- 2026-10-17 07:48:31 · created by claude
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