This is an excellent case study in how VR can be used for training. Of all types. Some of the commenters don’t understand why inmates get to “play” with VR for free, while “regular” people can’t afford headsets…VR can be about play, of course; but it’s also a powerful tool to help someone “practice” interacting with others. It’s potentially a huge empathy building tool. I was asked this morning how it could be used to train young women to deal with bullying, and harassment, for example. Will give that one a think too.

I have a dream..to live in a world where I can (for example, just a random one) be on a motorcycle in the pouring rain, motoring through the hairpin mountain curves of Danang, and have that experience be replicated in a 3d environment so others could experience it as I did – rain, wind, hairpin curves, scenery and all. AND…interact with those objects as if they were solid… because based on changing angles, I think the computer should be able to interpolate 3d shapes. I’m a dreamer. Beats sharing flat snapshots any day! All