Connections

Can you make meaningful connections in virtual reality? As the hype around virtual reality grows organically these days, you begin to hear more and more about people making connections that are deep, impactful, and lasting. It's interesting to think that we can load into a space through a computer that is strapped to our heads and find ourselves within a world almost as real, emotionally, like the physical one that we inhabit daily. I would venture to guess that some people even find it more real, emotionally, than the world we find ourselves in base reality.

Over the course of time that I have spent in virtual reality, I have surprisingly made quite a large number of connections, relatively to how I normally interact as an introvert. Typically it is hard for me to make new friends to have those connections stick. It's different in this world. I feel more myself at times than I typically do and my anxiety is of no concern. There tends to be a stigma around folks that spend time in virtual reality but I hope that the more people who are exposed to this experience will realize the many benefits it could provide.