David Rockwell Quotes

I think a lot of people have an idea of virtual reality from science fiction, books and movies that have been out over the last couple of decades.

Personally, I'm kind of swirling in this hurricane of virtual reality because of 'Ready Player One.'

No one in Silicon Valley loves virtual reality or believes in its future as much as Clay Bavor.

What's really astounding to me is a lot of the guys at Oculus VR and other companies who were creating VR tell me that 'Ready Player One' is one of their primary inspirations in getting into virtual reality.

I'm excited about Augmented Reality because unlike Virtual Reality, which closes the world out, AR allows individuals to be present in the world but hopefully allows an improvement on what's happening presently.

Virtual reality has an exciting future and oodles of room to grow.

Virtual reality started for me in sort of an unusual place. It was the 1970s. I got into the field very young: I was seven years old. And the tool that I used to access virtual reality was the Evel Knievel stunt cycle.

I believe AR is going to be the primary platform of the future for both work and entertainment.

Virtual reality, all the A.I. work we do, all the robotics work we do - we're as close to realizing science fiction as it gets.

VR has a whole range of things it's very good at, and there's a lot of things that it's going to be deficient at.

We're trending towards the holodeck. Eventually we'll have a system that's indistinguishable from reality.

Jeron Lanier and 'Lawnmower Man.' That was VR. And there was the VFX1, that big giant VR prototype unit, and I was like, 'I am going to save my money and get one of those.' And then VR just sort of drifted away.

I've always loved technology. Growing up, I loved Nintendo and video games.

My interest in Virtual Reality (VR) films began for me when I began a fellowship with MIT's Open Documentary Lab. It was a profound experience to be on MIT's campus one day a week and to enter a new world of storytelling where breaking convention and traditional methods were expected. This was deeply challenging and inspiring.

We have artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D-printing, robotics and nanotechnology that have changed the face of modern medicine. It is essential for Indian doctors to familiarise themselves with the latest developments to be able to control technology and not the other way around.

For us, it's about having the game react to the player as much as possible. There's ways you can do that with technology, graphics, AI - we're doing some VR stuff right now - and so it's what we think is great about not just our games, but what's great about video games - how are they better than any other form of entertainment?

I believe my hologram might be as good as me.

We live in a time of astounding technological advancements. There are deep-sea drones and live-streaming virtual reality.

I see a bright future for the future of computing and its implications for games.

We're trying to create the future of entertainment through social immersive experiences where everyone can play with their friends.

We really focus on being a platform for immersive 3D avatar experiences. Experiences that are heavily social.

Who knows what form storytelling will take in the future?

In virtual reality, we're placing the viewer inside a moment or a story... made possible by sound and visual technology that's actually tricking the brain into believing it's somewhere else.

Augmented reality is the 'boy who cried wolf' of the post-Internet world - it's long been promised but has rarely been delivered in a satisfying way.

I'm fascinated by technology and how it is changing the way we live and view our humanity.