For VR/AR(XR) & AI… Do the Benefits outweigh the Risks?

Aside from the more common Benefits of #VirtualReality, entertainment, education, health, therapy, gaming etc. Here are some lesser known ones.

• Telepresence & time-travel is now available
• Globally shared experiences restructure our education system.
• Powerful tool to to reduce need for global resources

Aside from the more commonly known Risks of #VR, like nausea , and being traumatized with a scary first experience. The lesser known risks are

• a sense of reduced privacy, or security converting all public spaces to Live feeds.
• Subliminal manipulation
• targeted marking untested products to children

Aside from the more common Benefits of #AugmentedReality #Technology

• integrating your world interactions through a virtual assistant (embodied)

There are also Risks of #AR #tech based on the data collected from all of that

• behavior tracking
• and gaze tracking

Even the more controversial development of #ArtificialIntelligence has huge Benefits.

• Symbiosis (cooperation) with a higher intelligence
• ability to increase efficiency and Improve quality of life

Not to say there aren’t some huge Risks to #AI such as

• Emotional attachment and that whole Rise of the machines thing.

For more benefits and risks check out

https://www.facebook.com/VRbenefitsandrisks/

What’s really exciting is that with all these Technologies COMBINED, into one device….

Apple’s Augmented Reality Device for the year 2023.

We have even great BENEFITS.

Bio-Sensory Hacking. The next “trend”. Bio/Psych manipulation with AR-VR-AI

The Important Risks And Dangers Of Virtual And Augmented Reality

But also much larger RISKS, such as the war over ownership of your DATA, and also, the gadgets themselves…

Preemptive strike! Planning for the ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT of VR