Virtual Reality: The Next Disruptor: A new kind of worldwide communication

Abstract

Virtual reality (vr) will be a profoundly disruptive technology in the same way as the smartphone and the Internet. Like the smartphone, VR uses a new interface format (a head-mounted display and hand controllers) to provide much more intuitive and natural access to a computing device. Much like the Internet, it allows a new kind of worldwide communication-but this time with a natural human experience that will be nearly indistinguishable from standing face to face or in a group. The combination of these two capabilities, along with a price point similar to the first smartphones, suggests that we will see an adoption curve similar to that of the smartphone, with a majority of worldwide Internet users making daily use of VR in the next seven to ten years.