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December 2016

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Virtual Reality is not a luxury

Contrary to the frame of thought that VR is a solitary, isolationist experience, it is radically cultivating micro communities worldwide. This shift from 'access to information' to 'access to experiences' is the catalyst we need to defy dictionary.com's assertion of 'xenophobia' as the 2016 Word of the Year.

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Contrary to the frame of thought that VR is a solitary, isolationist experience, it is radically cultivating micro communities worldwide. This shift from 'access to information' to 'access to experiences' is the catalyst we need to defy dictionary.com's assertion of 'xenophobia' as the 2016 Word of the Year.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.

About the speaker

Lia Kizilián

Lia Kizilián believes in the power of virtual reality to foster community. Previously, she co-published DARPA-funded research that assessed how soldiers with PTSD responded to virtual human therapists. She is now building VeeR Hub, an online marketplace for virtual reality content creation.