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Still watching the presentation, but virtual reality is the medium that will eventually allow for a lot of the things he's talking about.

Edit: he later dismisses this, but I don't think he's right to do so.

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VR still lacks good tactile, kinesthetic representations. Not to say it's not a step in the right direction, but it is arguably taking a deeper step into visual-only representation.

(edit: relevant link, Victor's rant on hands in interaction design. http://worrydream.com/ABriefRantOnTheFutureOfInteractionDesi...)

While it's neither perfect nor complete, I can say from multiple hands-on experiences that the Tactical Haptics grip works much better than you might expect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBB_OFMJ-Go

I've never used them personally but I'm sure they do improve the experience. I suppose there's a point at which that's still tricking the human nervous system in ways that a physical model doesn't have to, but haptic VR is also more realistic with today's technology than dynamically self-assembling nanobots.

He dismisses it as an end, but VR is the beginning...

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