One year at Y Combinator Research
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That's pretty cool, but I'd love to see more serious research to support this claim. There was a tendency for people to work standing up[0]. I, for example, when I need to do things fast I prefer to do the work standing up, but I end up getting very anxious, so I can not work that way for too long.
During meetings that use the Sprint process[1], not all people like to be seated, but this should be because everyone should participate in the whole process.
[0]http://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/08/health/standing-desk-produ... [1]http://www.gv.com/sprint/
Maybe, the office environment of the future is about hunting and recollecting business goals.
Looked as if they were high on drugs on something... but then when bluetooth handsfree headsets first came out, I thought they were crazy people talking to themselves.
Really cool, exciting stuff that they seem to be doing! Also awesome that YC is funding this sort of stuff.
As human specie are we sure that we will be able to manage it?
Are we sure that the negative effect will be couter balanced by the good one? What if we get hooked to VR?
What will be the meaning of "real"?
In "The Unincorporated Man" (set 300 years in the future) the VR technology interfaced directly with the brain, so it was indistinguishable from reality. That made it extremely addictive and had nearly destroyed human civilization.
But I don't think anything less immersive, even something like OASIS from "Ready Player One" would be dangerous, or would make us to not care about the "real" world.
Precisely the same as it is now.
The issue probably will be more social (sustaining people that are hooked in through social welfare) and rise in inequality.
How do you get payed for doing this a year long?
"research"
I especially liked the Venn Kitchen. Can't wait to try that out once I get me some VR gear.
What stood out for me was this.
"We don’t think VR’s power is in simulating reality."
This literally flies in the phase of said reality, case in point flight simulation. Furthermore so many upcoming uses for remote controlling robots in space, large machinery in toxic places, the ability to help children with autism. I could go on. There are an extremely large amount of real value and real power in simulating reality exactly because it allow us to test hypotheses, train and remote control, furthermore any robot worth it's salt need to be able to simulate reality. In other words. The very basic premise IMO is flawed if they don't think the power is in that.
Anyway I certainly didn't want to claim they don't know how to do their research, just think that their premise is rather flawed if they really believe there is no power in simulating reality.