I agree with Josh, however, imagine a virtual RTS game on your bedroom floor. You wouldn't need more then a 3x3 ft area. Imagine little two inch soldiers running aroun on your floor that actually look at you when they're talking to you, and respond to voice commands!
As far as it being expensive. Not really. Thats one of the best things about the whole idea of catom use. All you will really need to get this stuff to work will be the main processing unit, and the catoms. The main processing unit will act like the computer box does. Thats a one time fee, and yes, it might be expesnive, but it seems like over time, as the article says, the price will steadily drop just like anything else. And the price of catoms, will eventually be so small that you'll be buying them in quantities of the hundred thousands or millions.
Once this technology is developed, think about the change. Could you imagine a TV commercial advirtising a couch that uses DPR technology so that it can be scaled, turned on/off and even haave it's texture replaced! Pretty soon, if you can model 3D stuff, or use the language that these catoms will use, you will have a lot of doors opened to you!
Anyways, I'm not saying everything is going to change really soon, I think it will take time, at least 15-20 years before this technology becomes more common (if at all). Something that was interesting to see is that DARPA is helping to fund this research. Lol, isen't that interesting?! What could DARPA want with technology that could completely change the way that the military works?!
Think about it, if a doctor in Tokyo could perform an operation using DPR technology, that is really taking place somewhere in America, why couldn't the entire military be operating in a bunker, and sending troops into hot spots using the same technology? If the catomically rendered soliders are shot, no damage, the real soldier is really operating in a bunker, and isen't harmed in the least. And thus, a place that has no soldiers one second, could easily be swarming with catomic soldiers the next
Kinda scary to think about it. Wars would be fought completely differently. It won't cost a fortune to take over a couple countries, as long as they don't have the same DPR technology as you
So in other words, they had better find a way to easily defeat their own weapon BEFORE they release it to the general public
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