VR’s Surprising Benefits and Serious Risks

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VR immersion holds great promise, but also carries the very real potential for serious risk (including PTSD).
Much is written about the great power and promise of immersive technologies like virtual reality (VR).
VR ultimately takes us places, and enables us to experience, in a way that previously was unfathomable.
Much less is written about the known and, even more importantly, unknown risks associated with VR’s full sensory immersion.
If done right, VR holds the power to generate deep physiological and biological impacts.
I. THE POWER & PROMISE OF IMMERSION
The Void’s Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire “free roam” VR experience enables consumers to walk around untethered in an out-of-home physical environment.
VR also holds the power to generate deeply impactful – and very real – empathy and social impact.
Case in point Carne y Arena (flesh and sand), an immersive experience created by Academy Award winning director Alejandro Inarritu (Birdman).
Immersed in this reality, otherwise anonymous stories transform into real understanding of harrowing lives and emotional pain that drive that migration.
VR becomes a machine for real empathy.
Let’s take VR’s teleportation power a different direction.
Think of that power for the elderly, the physically challenged, the underprivileged – those for whom the luxury of travel is simply out of reach.
Google’s little-known Google Arts & Culture site enables anyone to immerse themselves in over 1,200 of the world’s greatest museums, all from the comfort of their own homes.
Firsthand Technology helps cancer patients reduce post-surgery pain by immersing them in a VR world of cool or light, refocusing their bodies and minds.
That VR-induced trickery reportedly leads to pain reductions comparable to that of opiates.
Psious is another interesting VR company changing lives for the better.
These examples demonstrate VR’s revolutionary power and potential to enhance quality of life.

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