Virtual Reality(VR)

Virtual Reality (VR)

By

Deo Triantama

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        As far as we know Virtual Reality has been with us for many decades at least as an idea,but now this technology (VR) has already enter the market, this technology give us an experience to do anything and just relaxing in your couch or your bed. But this is a form of technology which is developing all the time and as a result it has many benefit, as much the benefit it gets i think this technology has some serious negative effect.

First of all Virtual reality, if as widespread as predicted, could result in a significant decrease in human interaction in the real world. Maybe it advantageous to a single human being like helping Pilot to test his skills in virtual reality flight, or travel to the moon without spend any money.But how about the social life of a human itself, what if everyone walking into the street and pretending they are somewhere that doesn’t even exist ?.

Second, People may begin to spend more and more time in their preferred "virtual or fantasy world" and less time in reality. One Researcher says that if, "people eventually use virtual reality technology for the same amount of time that they spend watching TV and using computers, some users could end up spending more than twenty years inside virtual reality", for examples we can enjoy the scenery that didn’t even exist in earth, that’s why we want to explore it and spend more time in this virtual world and didn’t care much about the actual surrounding environment.

Third Reason,the negative effects of virtual reality on human body. One of the main problem with virtual reality is motion sickness.It is not unknown for people to suffer from nausea after spending a period of time in virtual environment,Our balance is affected by changes in the inner ear which result in feelings of nausea often experienced by people when travelling on ship or other transport. Some people are affected by this after spending only 30 minutes in virtual environment where the others can go several hours before they notice any ill effects. Another name for this sensation is Cybersickness. 

From three reasons I mentioned above, Almost all advances in technology have an impact on society at large, and virtual reality is definitely one of them. Virtual reality will have major effects, both positive and negative, on our society in the future. And mainly the negative effects take places in social life. There is something you can’t get in virtual reality world and you can easily find it in your home. And don’t spend more time in virtual reality, the real world itself has many fun and exciting places that you couldn’t ever imagine. Don’t get too addicted to this technology it has negative effects on human physical body if used regularly such as motion sickness and many more. Because of the negative effects I can conclude that we can use this technology but not in regularly use.

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References        : - http://www.vrs.org.uk/virtual-reality/how-does-it-affect-us.html

                              - http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36279855