You might want to check out the Orion’s Arm Universe Project, https://www.orionsarm.com/ - it’s a science fiction world set ten thousand years in the future which has been collaboratively developed (anyone can join) for over twenty years now, and it’s much more diverse than typical “everything is chrome in the future” visions. (In fact “Diversity!!!” is literally their motto.) This simplifying trend is not universal; I think it is really just an example of people being too lazy to think carefully about what would realistically actually happen in a future scenario.
I’m really glad you pointed out the stuff about sports though—I agree with some of the other commenters that for the most part, in the physical world, the sports that currently exist are a waste of resources, but the concept of sport in general is extremely valuable and I would like to see a wide variety of VR sports become popular once full-body VR is a thing. I’d even be interested in engaging in VR version of actual violent warfare, since it wouldn’t actually harm anybody in that context—but perhaps I’m unusual in that respect.
Also note, solarpunk tends to be highly colorful, but that’s a rather new development of the past few years (and one much closer to my own aesthetic than most “future” stuff).
You might want to check out the Orion’s Arm Universe Project, https://www.orionsarm.com/ - it’s a science fiction world set ten thousand years in the future which has been collaboratively developed (anyone can join) for over twenty years now, and it’s much more diverse than typical “everything is chrome in the future” visions. (In fact “Diversity!!!” is literally their motto.) This simplifying trend is not universal; I think it is really just an example of people being too lazy to think carefully about what would realistically actually happen in a future scenario.
I’m really glad you pointed out the stuff about sports though—I agree with some of the other commenters that for the most part, in the physical world, the sports that currently exist are a waste of resources, but the concept of sport in general is extremely valuable and I would like to see a wide variety of VR sports become popular once full-body VR is a thing. I’d even be interested in engaging in VR version of actual violent warfare, since it wouldn’t actually harm anybody in that context—but perhaps I’m unusual in that respect.
Also note, solarpunk tends to be highly colorful, but that’s a rather new development of the past few years (and one much closer to my own aesthetic than most “future” stuff).
Orion’s Arm sounds cool! Thanks for sharing, I’ll check it out.