[BRAINS!] Are Humans Ready For Virtual Reality?

"poo-poo"? My inner 5th-grader is in stitches!

I assume you meant to say "pooh-pooh" (dismiss as being foolish or impractical) as opposed to "poo-poo" (childish reference to feces).

If Luckey turned it over to the p**n industry,it would be an instant success! lol

At the risk of being called an "old" alarmist and/or paranoid, I can definitely see the potential for brainwashing and the use of subliminal messages for marketing or to think and believe a certain government mantra. There was a time of ethics and morals but as time has progressed and those in charge have thrown those things out the window it gets more frightening. Us "old" folks won't be around to have to live with the consequences of the abuse of this type of technology. But you young, know it all young people will. Be aware.

There is a problem with a correlation between increased mental illness and cell phone use, and between game playing and anxiety, depression and social phobia. Does cell phone use and game playing cause craziness; or are crazy people more likely to use the cell phone or and do game playing? Correlation is not a cause. This, from a seventy year old.

Hi, Gretchen, Too bad your inner fifth grader knows only the secondary definition of poo-poo. Here's the full dictionary entry:

Verb. (third-person singular simple present poopoos, present participle poopooing, simple past and past participle poopooed) To mildly deprecate or dismiss something as unimportant. She poopooed the idea. (intransitive, informal) To defecate.--www.yourdictionary.com

Yes, there is an alternate spelling, pooh-pooh, which you should use, to avoid confusing your inner fifth grader. ;-)

Mac

61 years old : I read on the official manual of Samsung 3D TV not to drink alcohol when viewing 3D content! That was about 2 years ago.
In fact anything that meddles with perception is to be used with caution. VR may be good in a working environment, because then we seem to be in a different mind set.

What could I ever want virtual reality for when I could have at least $1500 in reality. I'm losing touch with reality....It's such a fine line..I hate to see it go.

First it was rose-colored glasses; then it was 3D; now we have ourselves VR. Wooh-Hooh (or should that be Woo-Hoo?)!
I like the technical details of 'Augmented Reality' that Microsoft is delivering with HoloDeck!

So we seem to have AI----->Skynet or VR----->The Matrix. It seems as though we are happily entering the early stages of either scenario. I liked the movies but am not at all keen on either becoming our reality. Luddites unite!

Does anyone remember Timothy Leary and that experiment into the mind and how well that turned out. Just how many of those daredevils got back to normal?
I find technology fascinating and since being immersed in it's rapid evolution in 1982, Apple 2C was obsolete before it hit the ground good. I can scarcely keep up now.
No the people coming along behind my children's generation are weaker mentally as time goes by.
Thanks, What a great topic.

As a man of 75 I can be considered as an elder. I have been into computers since the 60s when I got my first ZX81 and kept abreast of them ever since.
Fact is, so little is known about V R that very few people have the right to comment about it. Only time will tell who is right and who is wrong. Young people today may be smart but not necessarily sensible. I can see the possibility of addiction though most are already addicted to phones and computer games. Can you imagine if mobile phones were banned today, mass suicide.

I wonder if something positive can in fact come out of VR. Under strict professional supervision, perhaps it could be used to cure an addiction, depression, or a mental disorder.
I would be very interested to hear your views - no matter how wild. Let us brainstorm on this one, shall we?

I am concerned about the warnings of using VR headsets. We have enough addicts with video playing games and online Role Playing Games. My godson loved StarCraft, his wife called it StarCrack. I think, that says it all.

I believe playing games on computers or PS4 or XBox One are fine. As long as the game player isn't playing their games every minute they can, ignoring their family and social contacts.

In all honesty, anything that allows you to ignore family and friends is not a good thing. Isolation is the killer of the mind. Humans need interaction with other humans to truly be a whole person. Humans are social and being social with inanimate objects really makes no sense. I am talking about addiction, not casual game playing.

I play my games, casual games, every day but, I interact with my family and friends daily, as well. Now, I can get into a game, but, my games only last hours and there is no Role Playing. I don't like those kinds of games.

Would you buy a car that has a 50-50 chance of exploding when you started it? How about we reduce the odds to 20% chance of exploding, 10%, 5%? At what percentage in your favor would it be acceptable enough to get you to buy a car that will explode, you just don’t know when? I’m pretty sure the new Virtual Reality equipment won’t explode, but based on the recommendations of at least one manufacture the harmful effects could be at least as bad, not just to the user but anyone near them. Go ahead by one and try it out. I’ll be very interested in reading how your rate it, in a couple of years.

"Bob Rankin: 'Because we're wiser than you, pipsqueak. Information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, and understanding is not wisdom. Wisdom comes only after long years of contemplating what you understand."

Beautiful. May I post this on Facebook with your name, Bob?

Another old crock here. I have enough trouble with real realty, so who needs the virtual version?

By the way, Bob, so pleased at last to know somebody who understands the difference between pouring ( such as milk) over something and poring over a situation being considered (or maybe Grandpa's will).