The book explores the different speeds of virtual reality in the United States and Japan.
What is virtual reality ? Technically, it's a headset-powered system that uses images and sounds to make the user feel like they're somewhere else. But in terms of the content and essence of virtual reality - well, it may depend on where you are. In the United States, for example, virtual reality (VR) is deeply rooted as a form of military training technology. Later, as it gained more attention in the 1980s and 1990s, it became "techno-utopia," as observed by MIT professor Paul Rockett in a new book on the subject. But in Japan, virtual reality has become increasingly based on "isekai" or "otherworldly" concepts, including scenarios where a VR user enters a portal to another world and finds a way back. happens. "Part of my goal in bringing out these different senses of virtual reality is that it can mean different things in different parts of the world, and it's changing a lot over time," says Rockett. Is an Associate Professor of Med...