Forbes October 7, 2019
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. Key to both is the fact that VR is not really a visual medium at all. It is an experiential one. We aren’t so much watching or listening to content. We are immersed directly in it. If done right, VR holds the power to generate deep physiological and biological impacts. Your mind and body believe you are experiencing a particular very real moment right here, right now. You...