The Pros And Cons Of VR Technology

Tsang Wing Kin
CCHU9056
3rd December,2016
C. Pick two example of VR technology from any lectures and discuss their impact in real life, as well as their limitations, and potential challenges in creating ‘Meaningful human experiences’.

Introduction Virtual reality is not a new idea and have been put forward for decades. However, the rapid development of VR technology in recent years has brought a new perspective to the people and aroused the interest of the public. It is expected that the VR technology will revolutionize the way of living in the future. Among various kinds of VR technology, VR game and VR relationship will be the two deeply examined in this essay on their impact in real life, as well as their limitation and potential challenge in creating ‘meaningful human experiences’. The definition of ‘meaningful human experiences’ is “creating a more meaningful life” (Firestone, 2008). In order to create a more meaningful life,

One of the main problems with virtual reality is the health concern. For example, motion sickness. Motion sickness is similar to the people suffering from nausea after spending a period of time in a virtual environment which is due to the effects the shift in perception has on balance. The player may feel dazzling after playing, which is very dangerous if the player plays alone (Virtual Reality Society, 2016). Moreover, the potential health problem of virtual reality is not yet known as VR gaming is just developed for a short period, the testing and research on the field of VR gaming is limited. It is still possible that there are potential health problems associated with virtual reality. Not high enough resolution of the virtual environment is another limitation of VR gaming. It is estimated that the human eyes has about 1 million ‘pixels’ of different size on average because there are 100 million individual light sensitive cells on