The good and the bad of escaping to virtual reality

by Monica Kim
February 18, 2015

If virtual reality becomes a part of people’s day-to-day lives, more and more people may prefer to spend a majority of their time in virtual spaces. As the futurist Ray Kurzweil predicted, “By the 2030s, virtual reality will be totally realistic and compelling and we will spend most of our time in virtual environments. But the idea of a life lived online, or outside of regular society, is largely seen as dangerous and unhealthy.