Hey guys, could you please do my survey? It's just a few multiple notice questions about human enhancment.
www.kwiksurveys.com?u=Augmentation
www.kwiksurveys.com?u=Augmentation
Augmentation survey
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Not really, augmentation became a popular topic again amongst gamers after human revolution was released. I thought if would be interesting to find out what people thought. I'll post nthe results eventually for everyone to see.Vault101 said:
I'm not entirely sure if it falls under advertising. Not any more than the other surveys I've seen, at least. Everyone who clicks on the link generates no more than one unit of interest. Unlike blogs/webpages where each visit means the user might return and possibly bring more people.
But I'm not really the one to judge here. I filled in the survey. Hell yeah, I want vision enhancement with information overlay! Audio enhancement is OK but not as interesting. However, recording audio would be kickass - I can finally have logs of RL conversations, so I wouldn't go "Did they say 4 o'clock or 5 o'clock" five minutes later.
But I'm not really the one to judge here. I filled in the survey. Hell yeah, I want vision enhancement with information overlay! Audio enhancement is OK but not as interesting. However, recording audio would be kickass - I can finally have logs of RL conversations, so I wouldn't go "Did they say 4 o'clock or 5 o'clock" five minutes later.
I ticked a few of the options, such as "enhanced visual technology", directional hearing (useful for communicating in nightclubs) and visual recording. Many of the other options though i felt were superfluous. Why would i want night vision eyes when our eyes adjust to the dark naturally? Why would i want improved hearing if my hearing is already perfectly fine? Why would i want stronger limbs when i could get stronger limbs in a more healthy and cost-effective manner by exercising?
I wouldn't really be willing to pay more than £300 for any of the suggested enhancements in the survey, and i certainly wouldn't want to go through the pain and hassle of surgery. I'm short sighted so i wear glasses, hence why i said in the survey i would be interested in "enhanced visual technology" but i don't want to pay £300 for laser eye surgery to truly correct my vision. Indeed, most short sighted people who i know use contacts instead.
Which is why i don't think we're going to be living in a Deus-Ex like future any time soon. Technological enhancements require lots of money and surgery, and if my experiences with short-sighed people says anything, most people arn't willing to fork out a lot of cash and undertake surgery for physical "correction" let alone improvement. Generally, people are only going to pay money and undertake surgery if they are genuinely ill.
Really what you'll have to do is make most of these augmentations simple to undertake- nano-bots administered by injection which painlessly alter the body may be the way forward- but they're going to have to be inexpensive. Less than a £1000 for augmentation to be marketable to the general public. And we're not going to have this technology for another fifty years i reckon.
I wouldn't really be willing to pay more than £300 for any of the suggested enhancements in the survey, and i certainly wouldn't want to go through the pain and hassle of surgery. I'm short sighted so i wear glasses, hence why i said in the survey i would be interested in "enhanced visual technology" but i don't want to pay £300 for laser eye surgery to truly correct my vision. Indeed, most short sighted people who i know use contacts instead.
Which is why i don't think we're going to be living in a Deus-Ex like future any time soon. Technological enhancements require lots of money and surgery, and if my experiences with short-sighed people says anything, most people arn't willing to fork out a lot of cash and undertake surgery for physical "correction" let alone improvement. Generally, people are only going to pay money and undertake surgery if they are genuinely ill.
Really what you'll have to do is make most of these augmentations simple to undertake- nano-bots administered by injection which painlessly alter the body may be the way forward- but they're going to have to be inexpensive. Less than a £1000 for augmentation to be marketable to the general public. And we're not going to have this technology for another fifty years i reckon.
A bit offtopic but is the surgery seriously £300? And if so, where? A friend of mine had a laser eye surgery in...Manchester, if I remember correctly and it cost more than that. It was in the region of £800-£1000, I believe.Nickolai77 said:
I'm short sighted and if I had the money to spare I'd totally go and have the surgery. But it's not something I'd just go ahead and do, because, price-wise it's not comparable to glasses/contacts. A total improvement of my eyes, though, including augmented reality, is worth the extra cash. Unless there is a really cheap alternative, then I'd have to think about it.
Ticked everything and $10,000+
So long as it isn't painful and it's fairly safe, I really can't think of an augmentation I wouldn't want.
Unless it's something that makes me immortal. No thanks.
And the glare reduction, I only want if it can be turned on and off.
So long as it isn't painful and it's fairly safe, I really can't think of an augmentation I wouldn't want.
Unless it's something that makes me immortal. No thanks.
And the glare reduction, I only want if it can be turned on and off.
Okay, but only because you didn't mention that Deus Ex game. I'm already hoping for a wrist replacement someday since my condition means constant pain even after two surgeries, but I'd theoretically replace the whole hand in a heartbeat if it meant I had no pain and could perform natural, complex movement and didn't affect my job.
Being short sighted and colour blind... Yeah I would love some sexy robo-eyes, I could have the Illusive Man look (NO DONT BRING THAT HERE, DOWN BOY) and having MP3 playback in my ears? That would be pretty awesome.
Maybe limbs too, if it were things like muscle enhancements. I mean, I'm all for augmentation, but I don't want to look like robocop, maybe strengthened bones, or nano-repairing tissue, things that are subtle, as for the brain chip.. Eehhhh, iffy, maybe something that repairs damage to the brain, so essentially I wouldn't suffer from any side effects of aging.. I could stay young and healthy with my sexy robo-eyes forever!
Maybe limbs too, if it were things like muscle enhancements. I mean, I'm all for augmentation, but I don't want to look like robocop, maybe strengthened bones, or nano-repairing tissue, things that are subtle, as for the brain chip.. Eehhhh, iffy, maybe something that repairs damage to the brain, so essentially I wouldn't suffer from any side effects of aging.. I could stay young and healthy with my sexy robo-eyes forever!
Everything & $10,000.
I could find a few good uses for that kind of tech:
-Burglar. Now I can see the security system, hack it, disable it, & with NV capability, see if there's a potential threat in the shadows. Not to mention with audio enhancement, determine possible threats by sound, and in the case of safes, know when to stop turning.
-Surveillance. Ability to record visually & aurally? Now I just gotta sit there, looking like I need a ride to the stash house while you converse.
-Security. Enhanced visual overlays & audio/visual processing mean I can determine threats before they strike, allowing us to switch things up nicely or pour on a stream of 6.8 SPC lead. And I can pick up on certain audio convos that might prove to be helpful for securing an area.
-Infiltration work. Just like burglary, only with more lethal consequences if captured. Essentially, it's like being the augmented James Bond.
I could find a few good uses for that kind of tech:
-Burglar. Now I can see the security system, hack it, disable it, & with NV capability, see if there's a potential threat in the shadows. Not to mention with audio enhancement, determine possible threats by sound, and in the case of safes, know when to stop turning.
-Surveillance. Ability to record visually & aurally? Now I just gotta sit there, looking like I need a ride to the stash house while you converse.
-Security. Enhanced visual overlays & audio/visual processing mean I can determine threats before they strike, allowing us to switch things up nicely or pour on a stream of 6.8 SPC lead. And I can pick up on certain audio convos that might prove to be helpful for securing an area.
-Infiltration work. Just like burglary, only with more lethal consequences if captured. Essentially, it's like being the augmented James Bond.
Dude, it's called "industrial espionage". It can be dead easy to get into. And with the ability to record audio/video it's like a walk in the park - you only have to look at some documents and that's it. The comparison to James Bond is an overkill - it'd be more like those technicians they send to check the meter readings - that sort of complexity. Only you'd be paid mightily fine for the inconvenience.TephlonPrice said:
Yeah, I think so. If I manage to get a hold of him, I'll ask him for both the price and the place but I believe it was close to £1000. Google tells me there are treatments in Manchester "from £395 per eye" so I could be correct with the £1000. I doubt you'd get the minimum price, it's probably there to attract people.Yopaz said:
I mean in the sense of sabotage, stealth, evading detection in foreign countries where, if captured, your nipples get repurposed as tea curtsies & your skull used as a cereal bowl & your entrails used for an aphrodisiac... assuming they find my augmented nipples first. All while hacking enemy bases to blast MLP:FIM or Soulja Boy music through the base speakers.DoPo said:
And maybe I could see if it's possible to insert myself in the RL version of Amnesia: The Dark Descent with my augmented self being chased by Brutes while listening to My Little Pony music while sobbing in the fear that the centerbite reject nipple hunters might sharpen their massive blades on my torso.
