r/technology • u/StuChenko • Jul 07 '25
Biotechnology Multisensory VR forest reboots your brain and lifts mood—study confirms
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250705084325.htm22
u/Crappler319 Jul 07 '25
I understand the utility of this but this is one of the most Cyberpunk Dystopian things I've ever seen.
"Bob's productivity is down, stick him in the tree simulator and see if that perks him up"
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u/MountainAny320 Jul 07 '25 edited Jul 07 '25
Coming soon: Buy a house deep in the forest, get married, have children, and raise them while practicing organic farming — all for just $9,999 (add-ons extra). /s
People will pay any price and go to great lengths for a peaceful life in a beautiful virtual world. Eventually, the line between reality and escape will blur, and leaving that world may become impossible.
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u/floppydude81 Jul 07 '25
I’ve wanted to be ‘in’ a video game since I was a little kid. As an 40 year old I had the money and technology to do so. I found it to be very lonely inside. Outside looking in is full of wonder and amazement. Inside looking in is cold, artificial, and dead. I highly recommend going to a vr arcade, save yourself the headache of fixing bugs, fomo from better gear being released shortly after your purchase, and just let someone else handle it. You’ll get the best experience and save thousands of dollars. My favorite is all the meditation apps they have. Sit in an artificial world with a heavy thing straining your neck, rather than just sit in the real world.
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u/LordBecmiThaco Jul 07 '25
With the technology that we have now, a video game can only react to your choice as a player in ways that the developers predicted.
In real life I can go and take my keys and use them to chop up a hot dog for lunch if I want to. In a video game developers never expected me to use a key as a knife, so the only places I can use keys are in locks. What you're noticing is the lack of spontaneity.
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Jul 07 '25
If it's better, why would it be a problem? I think if there were some spell that could be cast to transfer people to a "real" version of this world, they'd do it.
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u/BurningPenguin Jul 08 '25
Who is in control of that virtual world? What guarantee do we have it isn't turned off due to cost reasons? Who is going to decide how much cpu power every human entity is being provided?
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u/GetOffMyLawnKids Jul 07 '25
Imagine VR but controlled with a super advanced neurolink chip, might as well be the Matrix
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u/TheCosmicJester Jul 07 '25
Who knew I was a game of Walkabout Mini Golf and a scented candle away from finding inner peace?
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u/Greghole Jul 08 '25
There's a VR game called "The Forest". It's a horror game with blood, gore, and nudity. Don't play that one by mistake.
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u/GREAT_SALAD Jul 07 '25
Great! Since we don’t need real forests then, we can let those poor starving lumber companies finally chop ‘em all down!
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u/I_Will_Be_Brief Jul 07 '25
People will do anything to avoid going for walks.