How Virtual Reality Could Pave The Way To A More Sustainable Future
“”You just had to be there” is a trope we’ve all heard at one point or another. Historically, there hasn’t been a way to replicate the feeling of doing things like exploring a new country or hiking a beautiful mountain. Try as they might, photos, video, and the written word can’t totally encapsulate certain in-person experiences. But as technology becomes more advanced, virtual reality could help us immerse ourselves in new worlds without ever having to leave home.
“VR is really good at making things that are abstract more tangible,” explains Jeremy Bailenson, author and founding director of Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab. His lab is starting to work out ways to use virtual reality as the next wave of environmental education. “For most of us who aren’t visiting the ice caps and may not live on the coast of Florida, we’re not experiencing climate change every day. VR can make these abstract concepts very immediate.”…”
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/virtual-reality-used-for-sustainability
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