{"id":1079,"date":"2016-05-20T11:36:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T11:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/telmed\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2020-01-06T15:47:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T15:47:23","slug":"how-will-virtual-reality-change-our-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/how-will-virtual-reality-change-our-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"How will virtual reality change our lives?"},"content":{"rendered":"

— This post was written by Tim Wheeler —<\/em><\/p>\n

Virtual Reality (VR) has been with us for many decades – at least as an idea – but the technology has now come of age.<\/p>\n

And it’s not just gamers who are benefiting from the immersive possibilities it offers.<\/p>\n

Four experts, including Mark Bolas – former tutor of Palmer Luckey, who recently hand-delivered the first VR handset made by his company Oculus Rift<\/a> – talked to the BBC World Service Inquiry programme<\/a> about the future of VR.<\/p>\n

Maria Korolov: Work, rest and play
\nMark Bolas: Out of the lab
\nSkip Rizzo: On the virtual couch
\nNick Yee: Vulnerable reality<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-36279855<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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