One of the top leaders of China’s National Party Congress was a keynote at the recent World Conference of VR Industry in Nanchang and said he believes that one day, VR is going to be the primary computing interface for the world. Right now, it is still a niche part of the market, but China wants to help realize that potential. Within five years, we will get into the hundreds of millions of VR units globally, within 10 years, it will be as popular, if not more so than phones.
In 10 years, you’re looking at 12 to 15 hours a day of XR screen time from a device on your head and the potential to interact, capture data, communicate, advertise, and manipulate. It could be used for good or bad. The system behind the global metaverse must be accountable in terms of the moral aspect of having that power. When we have electroencephalogram (EEG) sensors in our devices we use it to send signals out to control stuff, you can also use them the other way because EEG signals can go both ways. You could actually feed signals into your brain to manipulate your thoughts. Even without EEG, people’s perspectives can be manipulated just with immersive visuals, audio, and experiences. It could be the most effective advertising medium ever! So, there’s definitely a lot of potential for good, but there’s also some potential danger, and it’s important for the industry and governments to be aware and get ahead of those.
