Will the Corona Virus Aftermath Lead to a Resurgence in Virtual Reality?

Written by rizstanford | Published 2020/03/12
Tech Story Tags: virtual-reality | virus | science-fiction | facebook | simulation | video-games | hackernoon-top-story | coronavirus

TLDR Rizwan Virk, the Founder of Play Labs @ MIT and author of The Simulation Hypothesis, explores how the current crisis and VR tech might affect long term social trends. Virk: It’s very possible that the recent outbreak of the corona virus (COVID-19), will cause behavior shifts in our society that will end up affecting us much longer than the duration of the outbreak itself. The question I wan to explore is how will the changes brought upon by this virus (and perhaps even more deadly viruses in the future) affect social interaction using technology.via the TL;DR App

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Written by rizstanford | Entrepreneur, Investor, Bestselling Author & founder of Play Labs @ MIT
Published by HackerNoon on 2020/03/12