When this stuff gets implemented and gets widespread, as all the trends indicate it will, what people experience as the ordinary material universe will start to crumble away a little bit. At the very least, virtual reality will become just one of many possible places in which to spend time.
Predictor: Gullichsen, Eric
Prediction, in context:In a 1990 article for The Washington Times, Glenn Emery interviews virtual reality entrepreneur Eric Gullichsen, president of Sense8, about fantasies in cyberspace. Emery writes: ”No one knows what the long-term effects of using head-mounted displays might be on the human eyes or the possibly psychological fallout of spending inordinately large blocks of time in cyberspace. But those questions are beginning to be asked and will have to be addressed in the not-to-distant future. ‘[Virtual Reality] is pretty deep,’ Mr. Gullichsen says. ‘When this stuff gets implemented and gets widespread, as all the trends indicate it will, what people experience as the ordinary material universe will start to crumble away a little bit. At the very least, virtual reality will become just one of many possible places in which to spend time.'”
Date of prediction: December 1, 1990
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Virtual Reality
Name of publication: Washington Times
Title, headline, chapter name: Cyberspace: Graphics in 3-D Create a Universe
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=b631b77ca1446627f20d395e230cf9ab&_docnum=1&wchp=dGLbVlz-lSlzV&_md5=ca020b5e5f14f6c45d5ddf97edb14aaa
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