Is it closer ?
Virtual Reality
What If I say, even now we are experiencing
that Utopian life in certain
ways? You would not agree considering
all the hassles we go through in our
daily lives. But, considering the great
medical achievements where human
simulation software are used to create
an interactive environment for patients
and doctors, virtual classrooms
which help the growth of education
systems, virtual constructions and scientific
visualizations, we cannot deny
the fact that the life we are living today
is far more comfortable and luxurious
than the traditional life we knew. One
may even argue that we have already
reached a mini-state of Utopia.
However, with the rising popularity
of virtual reality, people recently have
started wondering “Can’t we have
our own perfect worlds in the virtual
space?”
A major reason why these digital
worlds have not taken over our regular
lives is, so far, games and other digital
sensations have been fairly distinct
from real world experiences. Mostly, the
experience is provided through a PC. All
the inputs are fed through a mouse and
a keyboard or with a console. But, with
the introduction of systems with virtual
reality headsets, motion tracking control
systems, rotating chairs, responsive
harnesses, wind and water systems to
provide a deeply immersive experience
with real physical sensations, experiencing
digital reality has now become
a lot closer to the real world experience.
“Can’t we have our own perfect
worlds in the virtual space?”
Games
Think about your
favorite video
game. It may be
a PC, mobile or a
console game.
It may be an
adventure,
open world, racing
or any other type.
But whatever
it is, isn’t it
very entertaining
and
very addictive?
Most modern games present the player
with loads of superhuman abilities,
strength and advance future technologies
that a player can never experience
in the real world. Playing modern
games evokes very addictive emotions
such as sense of authority, control
and joy of achievement in ways people
can only imagine in the ordinary
world. They let people do things they
can only dream of doing. Speaking of
such, who does not want to win a war
all by himself? Who does not want to
build a world scale empire? Who does
not want to go on an amazing journey
full of crazy adventures? Who does
not want to experience all of those
without even leaving your house? No
one, right? That is why modern games
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