I've been a proponent of VR for 30 years and have noticed that there is strong resistance to it, not because of clunky headsets or field of view or graphics qua

I've been a proponent of VR for 30 years and have noticed that there is strong resistance to it, not because of clunky headsets or field of view or graphics quality. The objection seems to derive more from concerns of a Matrix style world, where one company controls a form of reality where people spend significant time. And the control really is complete, the worst dictatorship is nothing compared to the control the owner of a virtual reality has. I have no proof, but my suspicion is that this is why people in power object to the very idea of virtual reality, it usurps their power. You could say facebook or twitter or Youtube are already like this, yet there is something different about an immersive environment, perhaps a suspension of disbelief because we generally accept what our senses tell us as real. VR is closer to a direct channel into peoples brains than text or video is. It is a synthetic reality. If a bat flies towards you in a video you do not duck, in a VR environment you may very well duck.