VR – Humanity’s Next Addiction
This short story is completely fictional and is not intended to be educational on the technology or industry of VR. Furthermore, it is perhaps not even really about virtual reality in a specific sense, but rather, what VR suggests about us.
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@raufowaty2
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
As much as I liked the video back then, I think that AI is closer to being Humanity's next addiction, rather than VR
@Khellzhao-ue8hu
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
Didn't happen haha
@RukiTheAnimeNinja
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
My dad is addicted to VR and technology period. I hate it so much. His addiction has ruined my relationship with him and destroyed his body.
@voidtensa
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
the Edge of Creation before Artificial intelligence robots, human-machine cyborgs massive over-population consumerism s*x food dying of old age, the decline of nature, more cities roads houses constantly building new structures
@etherealborn3963
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
Every now and again I come back to this video and I’m still filled with dread
@MaxAmro-lk6dw
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
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@gabrieljfox
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
You fork off into a negative path… but being able to experience other people's perspectives could open up into a very positive and compassionate experience for humanity. I give it a 75% probability that being able to experience my wife's perspective would lead to a stronger bond between us verses a weaker bond.
@stinkleaf
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
For all of you gen zers. VR has been around since the 1990s. We had movies about virtual reality. Everyone was pushing this stuff on us. They try again in the 2000s then they try again in the 2010s and now in 2024 the marketing is like this is the next thing or the new innovation. When in fact, has been a failed attempt over decades. It will never be a thing to everyone, but only those who succumb to complete technocratic transhumanism. Simply look at history on why it keeps failing. It’s overreach.
@Johnnywankerr
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
Whoever wrote this is a visionary.
@3asak1
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
wow that sound like meta quest 3 and apple vision, it isnt 2022 its 2020, it isnt 2056 its 2024
@Redawesomeoby
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
bro really predicted apple vision pro
@buddahblack5581
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
VR may be how we traverse the universe 😮. With out actually going . And our avatar would be robotic .
@AndTecks
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
LOL WRONG
@cmralph...
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
This actually happened to me in the virtual world, Second Life – it went on for nearly 12 years. 12 years of my life I can never get back. It took being diagnosed with macular degeneration and told I was going blind to get me to finally log out and focus on my REAL LIFE. I was totally addicted.
@jeshurandianga1251
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
Philosophy is the glasses that show you the room where your alone.The virtual reality and how they seek a newer version and trying to numb the pain shows how we are constantly trying to escape the pain of existence or the negative only to end up there again..kind of like a cure leading to a disease.
@elek8684
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
No technology will ever be able to recreate the trueness of human interconnections no matter how real it looks
@CirqueAlvis
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
Once this happens, which eventually will, especially for iredeemable consoomers, they will put emphasis on the definition of the word NPC/Bot.
@jakekeyes6646
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
So fucking dystopian and people are so fucking blind to it. Wake up people. This is the end of humanity as we know it if people don’t wake the fuck up and deal with the fact that life is hard sometimes. The antidote is not to completely ignore every single problem and turn to another reality virtually where these aren’t the case. Videos like these equally madden me while also give me a glimmer of hope that somebody watches this and becomes less blind to the dystopian society our world headed down.
@MaikeNoShinSeikatsu
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
"The year is 2024. Virtual reality, in general, ist no longer just popular among fringe users, like david.but has become fully accepted into the commonplace of culture and behavior."
This quote hits different seen in 2023 right after the announcement of the Apple Vision Pro which will be released in early 2024. Actually kinda frightening but spectacular at the same time. Future will be interesting, not necessarily good but definitely interesting.
@souya2704
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
So, who’s buying Apple Vision Pro?
@ryanhumor
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
Came back to this one after the Apple announcement.
@johncunningham2023
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
i know this video is not intended to educate us on vr but in 2023 people believe these are areal threats especially with the emergence of apple vision pro
@roseorchid7981
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
Thanks for the warning, Pursuit of Wonder. Glad i dont use Apple crack products.
@__aT0M__
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
Best Businesses, sell dopamine.
@Elijah
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
The fact that I'm getting an ad for Apple vision pro before this video makes me excited and also afraid all at the same time
@rebekkasmith6612
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
2023 and VR hasn't caught on yet 😂
@captainyossarian388
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
Everyone is already wearing a 'VR headset', it's called perception.
We experience nothing directly in the real world (whatever that term means), it's all through perception via manipulation of sensory input.
A VR headset is nothing but an additional tool to manipulate sensory input.
@H.O.P.E-hellonplanetearth
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
I’m a virtual reality developer.
I don’t know if this is going to be seen by anyone.
I’m worried, I’m not worried that this is maybe going to happen, because it will.
People I know are developing virtual reality tech. so advanced in there games movement simulations and interactions which are close to replicating that of real life.
However, that’s not my concern, my concern comes with this.
The day when humans lose purpose.
When we lose our purpose in life and the pill-pop solution of VR appears, we’re going to take it. I’m addicted already. It helps me escape. It’s like a sin, I know it’s bad but I’ll do it anyway.
As for being a developer, in games and such, am I essentially promoting, endorsing this VR future I’m so afraid to see.
I don’t know…
If anyone sees this, I want to think solutions for humanity rather than just accepting this future.
@chicken1696
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
you cannot make money off virtual world. i wish you can
@dillonrose3428
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
I’m curious if AI will be jealous or upset at the fact it can’t know what happens in a situation like this…my brother came home late from the bar. Comes in and lays his head down on the table while sitting. He’s been there long enough he’s definitely asleep. And that got me thinking…what’s going on in his head? Is it normal or weird from being drunk. While AI watch us sleep and dream and be jealous? Or curious?
@wiksell212
September 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
This video is a piece of art. I left me speechless, made me think about technology in a different way and made me think about myself in a different way. Wow
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