Deus Ex: the Eyeborg documentary
March 6, 2013
To celebrate the launch of critically acclaimed video game DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION, Square Enix commissioned filmmaker Rob Spence aka Eyeborg (a self proclaimed cyborg who lost an eye and replaced it with a wireless video camera) to investigate prosthetics, cybernetics and human augmentation. How far are we from the future presented to us in DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION?
— Square Enix
Video Source: Square Enix
Comments (10)
by snake0
This is two years old.. they said they would have functional firefighter helmets on the market by now, where are they? WHERE
by Jod
that was freakin sweet but what’s really scare is those little places that are doing things we have no idea about
by Cybernettr
Yeah, I didn’t quite understand that comment, and he didn’t elaborate on it, but it certainly sounded rather conspiratorial.
by smb12321
I am hoping desperately for a breakthrough in eyes. Although it is now under control I have glaucoma that will one day lead to blindness. I am putting a lot of trust in technology and this video really was a shot in the arm!
by Gorden Russell
Back in the 1980′s there was a Roger Zelazny story titled “Halfjack” published in the magazine Omni. It was damn good. It was such a shame when Zelazny passed at too young an age.
That story should be in a collection, maybe somewhere on the web.
by Gorden Russell
Getting your menu choices on your glove is pretty damn cool. In time you will get a drop down menu when you close your left eye, and you will choose items by left blinking and right blinking — a left squint will select your menu option.
by Ian Clarke
I don’t believe people will ever choose to amputate limbs in order to upgrade to superior prostheses – it will be a gradual process whereby we initially remove our biological weaknesses, then metamorphise our remaining biological matter to ever-improving materials (Ray’s thoughts on this subject are probably my favourite part of ‘The Singularity Is Near’).
Of course, there will be some who resist – not me!
by Gorden Russell
Here is something I found for you, Ian, on a short search. It’s from a review found at:
http://where-there-had-been-darkness.blogspot.com/2011/08/roger-zelazny-book-review-halfjack.html
The reviewer said:
“The main character is Jack, a cyborg pilot who usually keeps his cyborg parts covered with a fleshy bodyglove that gives him a human appearance. His girlfriend not only tolerates his cyborg parts, but she kind of likes them. Jack breaks up with her and returns to his ship, where he undresses and interfaces with the computer.”
This little bit of the story was excerpted:
“Blue-and-pink world below him, black sky above, the stars a snapshot snowfall all about, he bade the shuttle pilot goodbye and keyed his airlock. Entering the Morgana, he sighed and set about stowing his gear. His cargo was already in place and the ground computers had transferred course information to the ship’s brain. He hung his clothing in a locker and placed his body glove and hairpiece in compartments.
He hurried forward then and settled into the control web, which adjusted itself about him. A long, dark unit swung down from overhead and dropped into position at his right. It moved slowly, making contact with various points on that half of his body.”
Again, the reviewer:
“They have a conversation, where it seems the ships computer Morgana is a better match for Jack than the human woman had been.”
The final excerpt:
“Several hours later, when they lett orbit, he had already switched off a number of his left-side systems. He was merged even more closely with the vessel, absorbing data at a frantic rate. Their expanded perceptions took in the near-ship vicinity and moved out to encompass the extrasolar panorama with greater than human clarity and precision. They reacted almost instantaneously to decisions great and small.
—It is good to be back together again. Jack.
——I’d say.
Morgana held him tightly. Their velocity built.”
I so admired Zelazny’s style.
by Ian Clarke
Thanks, Gorden – I enjoyed that. It does make you wonder how our future relationships with GAI will develop, especially when we augment ourselves and the differences lessen.
by smb12321
Ian,
I agree that folks won’t chop off limbs. In fact, the ultimate goal is probably to make mechanical parts so “human” that one cannot tell the difference. There will always be that subset wanting to proudly display their hardware but most folks would like eyes, ears, noses and hands that looked normal.