I think AR & VR can help solve similar things to your list of technologies. Arguably the car, computer, spreadsheet, and the internet all help with the facilita

I think AR & VR can help solve similar things to your list of technologies. Arguably the car, computer, spreadsheet, and the internet all help with the facilitation of communicating information. A case can be made for all of them having a variety of utility but I’d like to focus on the social underpinnings of all these technologies: -Cars bring people closer to each other faster than ever before -Computers allow for us to create, present, and process information for each other in standardized ways (spreadsheets are an extension of that) -The Internet has allowed us to increase the speed of communication previously afforded by telegraphs and phone lines As Zuckerberg says, he’s trying to further the means of communication between one another by adding the feeling of remote presence. Just like how hearing someone’s voice can be seen as a jump from reading a text from them, seeing someone else’s body in 3D space could bring a new level of connection to 2 individuals. It also has the potential to change how we perform simulations (something valuable for many different types of work), and can even act as a way for individuals to connect themselves to different physical places on earth in a way that they may have never had the means to see otherwise.