Virtual reality is sometimes dismissed as being a mere gaming
platform, only of use to children and young adults who seek to evade the real
world for a while by escaping into immersive game and fantasy worlds. But virtual
reality is rapidly transforming the world, showing that it can be useful in
many different scenarios including in ways not envisioned when the medium was
invented. This is fairly typical of today’s world though: over sixty per cent
of children currently in school will work in jobs that have not yet been
invented… Here are some of the ways that virtual reality can change the world
around us.
Education: Teaching is so much easier when it is immersive.
The change between dull book learning with perhaps a picture or two to liven up
the lesson, and film reproductions of historical events is amazing enough, but
with virtual reality, teachers can actually take children inside the world that
they are teaching, showing them nuclear fission, the Mariana’s Trench, the moon
and depths of space, even the times when dinosaurs walked the earth. Learning
about something while surrounded by it and experiencing it is amazing – the lesson
is learned deeply, and can spark an unquenchable and long burning love of the
topic, whatever it may be
Medicine: Medical processes can be practised by both doctors
and patients, so both know what will happen. The body can be explored in new
ways, with virtual reality systems able to show exploded diagrams of living
bodies to help doctors pinpoint issues, and work out treatment methods that can
be used in the least invasive, most successful ways. Virtual reality is also
tremendously useful in helping patients with mental conditions such as PTSD.
Sex: Virtual Reality is already transforming porn. Instead of
passively watching, viewers can take the place of the porn star, thereby ‘enjoying’
taking part in the ensuing footage. The depth of immersion and realism
experienced depends on the suit that the viewer is wearing – there are suits
with sensors all over them, and you can even buy them with built in masturbators
with authentic feeling orifices so you can truly immerse yourself in the
experience.