Virtual Reality

What is your perception of the future of VR?

VR has a long ways to go. The best technology we have provides believable visual images, but when it comes to all other aspects of reality by which we are immersed VR is still very lacking. The future of VR is an exploration in what our senses exactly do, and how best to simulate the inputs of those senses to create a believable model of reality. There are many problems to solve, such as how we can deal with people moving around and exploring the virtual world from inside their living room. It is a completely unexplored space that will likely result in many of our previous ideas about VR being demolished. All we can say for certain is that VR in the future will be even more immersive and believable than it is today.

A part from technicality, the future of VR will bring about many changes in popular media. There is no limit to the applications, from virtual classrooms to virtual social spots. People from around the world can meet others in avatar form and chat while in completely impossible locations, like the inside of a volcano or in the void of space. Children can be taught about historical events or science by actually seeing the relevant events take place before them. Seeing something in 3D as if you were actually there is no doubt better than watching a screen, just the extent to which VR will replace screens is to be discovered.

VR will be used for work, entertainment, and everything in between. Once people can readily create their own virtual environments, there will be almost nothing that anyone with the hardware will not be able to experience for themselves.