What Experts Say About the Future of VR

Virtual reality (VR) basically means “near,” “almost,” or “non-physical” reality. It refers to technologies that use computer software to generate realistic images, sounds and other sensations that replicate real or create an imaginary environment and simulate the user’s experience within that environment. The year 2016 was dubbed “The Year of VR” because rapid strides have been made in the development of VR. And it seems 2017 will most likely be “The Year of VR Software.”

Let’s listen to what some experts say about the best future applications of VR according to the website Arkenea.com…

“Because VR offers the audience the sensation of “being there,” it creates a visceral connection to the events unfolding in front of the viewer. This whole body connection can generate a sense of empathy because viewers feel the action as if they are actually on scene. By standing in a street Syria when a bomb goes off, you comprehend the plight of Syrian refugees.”

—Nonny de la Pena, Founder of Emblematic Group, a.k.a. “The Godmother of Virtual Reality”

“VR brings a completely new way to experience, interact, and play with your friends, and we’ve only just scratched the surface. We have played games online for years, but now we are in a shared virtual space with our friends. This redefines what social interaction means and has a lot of implications for how gamers play, watch and stream VR games, and how games are designed and created by studios.”

—Todd Hooper, CEO at VREAL

“For health, VR is a powerful tool for controlling the visual and auditory input to the brain. Eye tracking, gesture tracking, and biosensors allow us to measure the brain and bodies response to stimulus, giving us a powerful tool to investigate and alter the functioning of the body for the better. We are drastically reducing the cost, and increasing the availability of vision testing and treatment. I think we will see similar reductions in cost for psychiatric care, pain management, and personal fitness to name a few.”

—James Blaha, CEO, Founder at Vivid Vision

“VR has the potential to more fully express and explore the full complexity of the human experience, usher us from the Information Age to the Experiential Age, and catalyze a new renaissance that unlocks the latent potentials of our creativity and imagination.”

—Kent Bye, Host of Voices of VR Podcast

“Healthcare and education- VR is curing lazy eye (vivid vision), desensitizing vets with ptsd (firsthand), and creating engaging and interactive VR physical therapy. VR education can present course material like no textbook or video ever could. You can shrink students down to the cellular level or grow them to the size of the universe. With VR you can give children their own Magic School Bus education.”

—Matt Stompz Carrell, a USAF combat veteran, co-host of PodVR.com Podcast

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