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3
Applications
and Implications
of VR
According to engineering legend, this guy Fubini came up with a law (excuse
the lack of reference here, but it is a legend after all). It may not be a law in
the true sense of the word, but it certainly is an interesting observation that
goes something like this:
• People initially use technology todowhattheydonow—onlyfaster;
• then they gradually begin to use technology to do new things;
• the new things change lifestyles and work styles;
• the new lifestyles and work styles change society;
• and eventually this changes technology.
Looking back on the incr edible advances that have been made in technology,
we can see this simple law is breathtakingly accurate. Look at the Internet—
it has revolutionized the ...