Maine farmer Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 If you can create a virtual reality and make up new laws of physics to run in that reality, would it be possible to have a virtual reality computer that could run faster that the real reality computer that it is running on and give you results that you could use in real reality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exchemist Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 If you can create a virtual reality and make up new laws of physics to run in that reality, would it be possible to have a virtual reality computer that could run faster that the real reality computer that it is running on and give you results that you could use in real reality?Whaddaya smokin', man? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maine farmer Posted January 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 Whaddaya smokin', man? :)Not a thing! I was just remembering how when I learned about imaginary numbers, I thought it was an exercise in the absurd, but then when I took my one semester of electrical engineering, we were using imaginary numbers to solve real problems. Shortly after I had that thought, I was watching a documentary about quantum mechanics, and the part about quantum computers got me to thinking... It is really hard to build a quantum computer, so what if we built a virtual reality quantum computer instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanBreeze Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 If you can create a virtual reality and make up new laws of physics to run in that reality, would it be possible to have a virtual reality computer that could run faster that the real reality computer that it is running on and give you results that you could use in real reality? Interesting thought! I can’t see how the virtual machine can run any faster than the physical host as all of the instructions must pass through the physical cpu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maine farmer Posted January 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 Well, perhaps I can get some funding for research and development from the Trump administration. They do love "alternative facts". ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainJackers Posted January 31, 2017 Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 Real variable X (the host CPU) cannot be greater than X. If all parts equal up to the whole, and the part inside the world is higher than X, the virtual CPU cannot be used in the way you describe. There is no negative parts (as any used would affect both CPUs, negating itself out of the equation) and also because whoever wants to build a fast CPU and puts one in a device to slow it down shouldn't have the advanced knowledge needed to make a CPU :P --@Kayaba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAHD Posted February 1, 2017 Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 (edited) Real sci-fi concept that. Not the strangest idea. Other people have worked out some interesting iterations of it. Got access to energy densities in a close order of magnitude to the CMBR?http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/48507a11adbd7Tipler Oraclehttp://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/4609cb6a051a4 Edited February 1, 2017 by GAHD Maine farmer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maine farmer Posted February 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 Real sci-fi concept that. Not the strangest idea. Other people have worked out some interesting iterations of it. Got access to energy densities in a close order of magnitude to the CMBR? http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/48507a11adbd7Tipler Oraclehttp://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/4609cb6a051a4Just when I was thinking that I thought of something completely ridiculous! Now I am curious. I know that they model things all the time and run simulations on computers to see if the design works. Does anyone run computer simulations of computers on computers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainJackers Posted February 10, 2017 Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 A VM? A VM runs a computer operating system, as a computer program, on a host computer. "computer simulations of computers on computers?" I've run many before, personally. They're quite slower. Partly due to non-perfect CPU usage, partly because two OSes are now being run on one computer. --@Kayaba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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