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It will be interesting to see how VR/AR plays out. On the one hand, if say Tibetan prayer gongs, or trees swaying in the wind, are your Pavlovian triggers for
by mncharity 9y ago
It will be interesting to see how VR/AR plays out.
On the one hand, if say Tibetan prayer gongs, or trees swaying in the wind, are your Pavlovian triggers for relaxed centering, with VR, zing, you're there. And with eye tracking and other biometric and task monitoring, you might even autotrigger them upon need.
On the other hand, checking you're phone? How last decade. With AR, you can immerse yourself in your phone 24x7. Your friends are all around you - the open office^H life plan. And Bubblegum Troll is playing with your cat.
- flatline 9y ago> if say Tibetan prayer gongs, or trees swaying in the wind, are your Pavlovian triggers for relaxed centering They may be, but only after you have trained them. You can get a quick dopamine hit from say browsing reddit and feel relaxed but it’s not deep. The point of meditation is to train the mind to do that thing - sit still, focus on the mantra, whatever it is you’re doing. The byproduct is that over many repetitions this state becomes more natural and after many more repetitions even accessible at will. The AR monastery will be nothing more than another shallow fix without training it to be so. The goal state is fairly independent of external stimuli. I see AR/VR as being nothing more than another potential distraction.
- bmj 9y agoHere's the rub: if VR gets you to your peaceful place, that's great, but what happens when you don't have access to your VR? Suddenly you are not equipped to deal with a situation, or even center yourself because you don't have that particular crutch.