"Patience please."
Fursona Non Grata
Max Hodak was cofounder of Neuralink and Elon Musk. He served as president until May when he resigned.
Hodak tweeted Sunday to all furries in his inbox: Please have patience. We hope technology will allow everyone to be their best selves.
Hodak did not specify exactly what the furries wanted from him. It's easy to see why so many people would flock to Hodak, who is a recent founder of a neurotech startup and has made lofty claims about the future.
Full Immersion
Hodak and Elon Musk, who are both fur-curious, have long proclaimed the potential benefits of neural implants to the world. Experts say this is exaggerated. Hodak, for instance, suggested that neural implants could allow video games to be programmed directly into the brain's sensory regions. This would create a kind of virtual reality that projects directly into the brain.
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This sounds fantastic for many roleplaying activities, including making friends and furry anthropomorphic animals.
Hodak had posted a comment online the day before about how mixed reality would eventually become so all-encompassing, that VR experiences could also produce sensations such as wind blowing on one's skin. He seems to be imagining a complete simulation that would allow one to experience a fursona simulation.
Futurism's inquiry about specific furries has not been answered by Hodak as of press time. It is interesting to note that Hodak's thoughts about immersive tech and new sensations being wired to the brain make it intriguing to hear him asking for patience, and implying that he is working on it.
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