Into the Metaverse
and Beyond—Virtual Reality Will Displace True Reality and You’ll Be Lonelier Than
Ever: Jerry Barrett
is pleased to welcome Sandra Myers to the program. Sure, virtual reality has some good
uses—think flight simulators. But, if you think cell phones have divided society with
everyone’s eyes and attention constantly turned down to that hoggish device in their hand,
wait until virtual reality becomes the preferred “reality.” We’ve already had a
minor taste, bad and good, of this new reality during the COVID lockdowns. Children going to
school by video and not playing with friends; doctor visits via your smartphone; video visits
with the grandparents. As virtual reality takes hold, entire lives will be largely lived in virtual
reality. Reclusive and anti-social are merely the beginning of life as it transcends to new virtual
bodies. Nike, Walmart and other corporations are even creating their new virtual storefronts
so that you can have the coolest virtual Nike shoes to impress your virtual friends. And in
this virtual life will there be room for Jesus? Will a new virtual life make people feel immortal?
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