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How Will VR Impact Our Future?
How Will VR Impact Our Future?
by Clarence Oxford
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 29, 2025

Virtual reality (VR) is a fast-growing industry in modern day, with virtual reality headsets becoming more available than ever before. Companies such as Meta and Apple are attempting to take the technology to a new level with new and innovative ways to use the systems, as well as making it available for more people. In the current day, virtual reality technology is mainly used for entertainment purposes, rather than to improve daily life or to be a key tool in the workplace. Gaming, immersing the user in a film, or even attending a virtual live dealer casino are just a few ways we have seen VR develop over recent years. So let's take a look into the future and see how VR will impact our everyday lives.

What is VR

VR simply stands for virtual reality, a system that allows someone to be immersed in a virtual setting using 360-degree movements and allows interactions between the user and the virtual world. It was in the 2010s when this term became popular with the likes of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets, intriguing the market with the new technology. The development of headsets has been rapid and is forever evolving thanks to new technology and innovations. With the developments, we do currently have plenty of different uses being tested for the systems, but there is so much more that can be done with it.

Construction Industry

Virtual Reality could help many industries in the future, however, the most notable industry that can be assisted is the construction industry. Using VR, people can immerse themselves within any environment they wish, and be able to explore or even interact with this virtual world. This would be ideal for those who work in the construction industry.

The ability of being able to see the building from the inside, view how it will look furnished, and even being able to use it to alter certain aspects of a design can be crucial to building better quality and even better the design process of buildings. Furthermore, it could assist in keeping track of a building's progression, reducing the time it takes to build, while also being used to show potential buyers how the final site will look before completion.

Healthcare

One of the most important industries used around the world is healthcare. There are plenty of issues in modern-day healthcare; however, it is possible to amend some of these problems with the use of virtual reality. One of the big issues that we face is being able to get to see a doctor or even having access to a doctor in the first place. Well, VR could be used in the future to attend virtual appointments. While the obvious issue with this would be that the doctor will not be able to treat anything in person, it will still give people a chance to somewhat talk face-to-face with a healthcare professional.

A more obvious use of VR in the future could be for training purposes, allowing doctors to practice certain treatments or procedures before they are performed in real life. Finally, it has been suggested that VR could be used to assist certain treatments, such as therapy and treat certain conditions, such as PTSD and phobias. VR can put people in a calming situation that could assist with therapy and meditation, while the headsets can also be used to perform controlled exposure, allowing people to overcome phobias slowly without having to physically be exposed to them. There are plenty of ways VR can be used in the future of healthcare.

Virtual Economies

Over the years, we have seen plenty of new financial sources online, from cryptocurrency to owning NFTs, and building funds online is forever evolving. With the development of VR and the capabilities of online purchasing and ownership, it is very possible that a virtual economy can be built, owning areas of land, virtual items and even form a variety of different currencies.

In-app purchases in video games have been around for many years, and building a virtual economy may just be as easy as buying and selling virtual goods on a larger scale. With the introduction of the Metaverse, there are already developments in the direction of building a world that people can virtually live in, buy and sell or even socialise. A virtual economy may not be too far away in the future, and may provide a new outlook on the value of virtual assets.

To Conclude

Virtual Reality is a great tool that could change the way we live in the future, which can benefit our economy, workforce, and healthcare. It is something that can be here sooner than you would think, with the rapid growth of technology. Nonetheless, VR is an exciting development and provides endless opportunities through its variety of uses that can benefit our everyday lives.

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