> But I think we'd have far bigger problems than VR in that case (like food scarcity).
If we’re looking at the big picture, mature VR/AR will help suppress social unrest. It will help with other issues like the scarcity of physical space.
This is actually one of the reasons that attracted Carmack to VR. I’m paraphrasing him poorly, but in one of his talks he mentions that “In real life, we don’t have the resources to give everyone their own private bowling alley, but this is possible in VR”
If we’re looking at the big picture, mature VR/AR will help suppress social unrest. It will help with other issues like the scarcity of physical space.