As is so often the case with new technology, there are many unknowns
There are so many unknowns with all of this. How are we sure that this is going to work long term?
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- Feb 2019
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while discourse on the social implications of the technology is equally important.
Social implications on technology are very important as it can dictate how it is used
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There was even the 2008 case of a Russian man dying after becoming embroiled in conflict resulting from the (virtual) death of one of the members of his game
Hear about this stuff all the time when told not to play videogames.
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They found that around half the neurons that fire in a real-world environment simply shut down when in VR.
Mindblowing
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By building an environment in which the animals can explore a virtual space on treadmills, the team have been able to monitor activity in the hippocampus
This is a really good way to test this theory. I would assume that they will react similarly to us.
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have been conducting experiments to explore the effects of VR on the brains of rats.
Interesting how they decided to use a rat for this.
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2016 was dubbed ‘the year of VR’, and with good reason.
It seems as though everywhere we go, there is some kind of virtual reality
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