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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Driverless cars, VR and the recent NASA experiment where four people started living in a simulated Mars environment for an year, even conducting VR space walks - all of this makes me feel we're living in the movie Total Recall.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Usually total recall reminds people of something else

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Get your ass to Mars!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

and the recent NASA experiment where four people started living in a simulated Mars environment for an year, even conducting VR space walks - all of this makes me feel we’re living in the movie Total Recall.

Wow, I hadn't heard about that. I've wondered for a while if astronauts could use VR to "escape" a cramped spacecraft.