Can VR make society more equal or is that just naive and idealistic?
I recently read this quote by Jaron Lanier: “In Virtual Reality there's no question your reality is created by you. You made it...I think being in that mode of realising how active every moment in life is will break through the stupor… Virtual reality is the first medium to come along which doesn't narrow the human spirit...All you can do is be creative in Virtual Reality…”. Lanier said VR would free the imagination of the masses, help people to communicate and bring a new kind of spiritual understanding.
I then sadly read that this way of thinking has since been written off as idealist and unrealistic.
what do you all think??