Application of Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality [VR] is being used in a number of ways in both consumer and business simulations:

• Entertainment - 3D video games, virtual worlds
• Virtual Offices - extending the second life to the business world
• Virtual tours - real estate, museums, historic places
• Military - combat training, enhanced operations
• Business decisions - such as access to and visual modeling of large amounts of data
• Collaboration - multi-user collaboration design and compliance
• Personal - Virtual reality hair replacement, remote clothes purchasing
• Medical - remote operations and medical procedure training
• Therapy - treatment of panic and anxiety disorder, PTSD therapy

Virtual Reality is poised to enter every day life. Email and text messages will cease to be sufficient media to communicate in other than real life situations.

The computing power to support virtual reality is here today at desktop level, and at an affordable consumer cost.

For multi-location communications, telecommunications speeds need to improve.

Once fibre optics reaches mass market in business and residential areas, virtual reality will follow.

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Virtual Reality Risks

There are some concerns as to the social impact of widespread use of virtual reality. Rather than wait until it's dark side shows, should we be taking steps to control the usage and scenarios used in VR. Read more on social impact of virtual reality.

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