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Virtual the truth is able to effectively blur the collection between actuality and illusion, pushing the limits of the creativity and granting us access to any experience imaginable. With well-crafted simulations, these encounters, that are so immersive that the brain is convinced they're real, are already widely available with a VR headset and will only become more accessible and commonplace. But so how exactly does this new medium impact its users, and does it have a future beyond illusion and escapism? In Experience on Demand, Jeremy Bailenson attracts on two decades spent exploring the psychological ramifications of VR and other media to help listeners understand why powerful new tool. He offers expert rules for getting together with VR and explains the serious ways this technology can be put to make use of - never to distance ourselves from actuality, but to enrich our lives and affect us to treat others, the environment, and even ourselves better. In the wonderful world of VR, a soccer quarterback plays a casino game against a competing team hundreds of times before even stepping onto the field; associates of the US embody a young woman in a refugee camp going through her day-to-day life; and veterans once more walk through the pavements where that they had experienced trauma. There are problems and many unknowns in using VR, but it can also help us hone our performance, recover from trauma, improve our learning and communication capabilities, and improve our empathic and imaginative capacities. Like any new technology, its most outstanding uses might be ready just around the corner. Experience on Demand is the definitive look at the risks and potential of VR - a must-listen for navigating both digital and the physical worlds forward.
