Here are some potential ways that Oculus Rift and other virtual reality technologies will affect our lives.
Pornography: New 360-degree pornographic films will allow viewers to pan all around the bed and across the room to where cameramen and boom mic operators are standing
Education: Students will have access to wealth of new interactive visual aids that won’t be updated for the next 50 years
Business: Provides another medium that CEO won’t understand but will demand be wedged into the new marketing campaign by June
VR Industry: Potential to see moderate growth in this sector
Tourism: Could very well grind to screeching halt once travelers realize they can experience Liberty Bell from comfort of own living room
Neck Pain: Cases of neck pain projected to triple in both volume and severity over the next five years
Music: Immersion in 360-degree drum kits will allow amateurs to thrash with increased sickness
Clamming: Virtual reality to have no discernible impact on clamming
Mental Health: Putting on a VR headset to discuss feelings of dissociation and detachment with a computer-generated avatar will be extremely quick and affordable
