2nd Photo of Things to Come: Immersed in Virtual Reality While in Beautiful, Real Life Locations

"F*** real life" by acidjazzed

We're starting to see more and more photos of people using VR in public spaces, and I'm also beginning to notice another variation on that theme: People immersed in VR while in beautiful real world settings. Here's some in a Reddit VR thread, like this one above from a VR meet-up in Stockhom. A couple favorites were from my friend Blair, featuring a pal utterly jacked in while ignoring the Bay Bridge behind him, and (if like me, you think dogs are pretty damn beautiful) this one:

"By the end of it all, the regular world was so... Regular. Even with the currently limited resolution and somewhat heavy device, you can immediately see how powerful this medium is going to become... it already works its magic on the brain pretty damn well."

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[Iggy]

My first thought was "Poor dog. F*** VR." Then I grinned at the subversiveness of these shots. I hope we see a lot more of them. They might poison the well for what I consider an inherently dangerous technology.

I'm hoping VR will fail like flying cars and moon bases: possible, but never a daily reality for the masses. We humans ignore the Real at our peril, as with air-conditioning that has made so many Americans ignore the evidence of their senses about accelerating climate change.