Ways that VR will change the world.

Virtual reality isn’t just for gaming – it’s a technology that can make a real difference to our collective futures. Here’s how VR will change our world.

Surgery

It’s better and safer for surgeons in training to perfect their techniques on things other than real humans, but it would also be better for trainee surgeons to practice on things that aren’t just plastic models or people who have left their bodies to medical science.

Virtual reality would make for better-trained, better-performing surgeons – something that’s better for all of us.

Space exploration

The potential to fly round in space using a Google Maps-style interface would be fun and interesting.

But a space agency putting cameras all over their equipment and sending them out to the great black unknown, with scientists on Earth viewing and navigating through a VR headset, would allow for space exploration in a way we’ve never seen before.

Gaming

The most obvious use for virtual reality is gaming.

It’s unlikely to be supported by all games any time yet. But if you get the chance to try it, do – it offers an intense, immersive and impressive experience that elevates gaming to a whole new level.

Watching films

Something that has been talked about with wide-eyed wonder is fully immersive VR movies.

Think of 3D films, then think of actual, true 3D – a movie world you can explore at your own pace, looking at the action from different angles and paying attention to whatever you choose to.

It’s theoretical at best right now, but the possibility is there. And it could change film-watching forever.

‘Visiting’ places

Think how compulsive it can be to just look around the world on Google Maps. Then think of how much more immersive it would be to do the same through your own eyes,sort of.

VR would allow remote tours of museums for people unable to get to the building, and would let estate agents give potential buyers a look around a property without them having to leave the comfort of their own home.

Teaching people to fly

Pilots already learn to fly using flight simulators, but like surgeons they could really do with something a lot more immersive and realistic to properly hone their skills. VR can be that technology.

Improving quality of life

There are many people out there who, for whatever reason, aren’t capable of living a normal life. They deserve to be able to live, to explore, and to experience the wonder of the world (and beyond).

VR could be an outlet for the disabled and otherwise housebound – a way to experience what the able-bodied often take for granted. And that would be a brilliant thing.

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