What's the best use of VR or AR you've ever seen? Tell us for $3!

I think the best use of VR is from superhot VR. In superhot times slows down when you don't move, in the original game its great put in the VR version is feels amazing with you getting yourself in danger just to dodge and weave bullets with your body. And the orginal conclusion of the game was amazing (SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST SUPERHOT AHEAD)

When it comes to AR, I always remember the Minecraft HoloLens demo from E3 2015 (ah E3, those were the days). I loved the idea that you could turn your coffee table into an enchanting block-filled paradise with none of the clean up. Can’t believe this was almost a decade ago…

This is an oldie but goldie. I remember watching this episode of The Gadget Show and thinking how amazing this would be to play.

VR always claims to be immersive and often, when done well, it really does bring the gaming experience to life. Haptic feedback is also helping to add to that level of immersion and ups the intensity and enjoyment of the games.

But this is next level. While it's clearly not something you could just play in your house, the thought of this for a gift, cool timed combat challenges for something like stag dos, just as an experience like track sessions in race cars, this would be so cool.

The fact you are actually moving around, holding a more realistic firearm and then get real feedback from being shot in the game is amazing. This was from 2011 so imagine how high tech and realistic this could be with today's computing and graphical power!

I am a counsellor and I think 100% this is one of the most useful things with VR

Someone has recreated a virtual flat party with about 8 different virtual NPC's you can move around, walk up to them and speak to them as if you were speaking to a human. ChatGPT has been linked to the NPC's so they will respond back to you verbally.

The guy who has made the program has programmed a virtual wingman who can analyse your conversations, encourage you and give you some good advice about interacting with people

Esentially, you can give someone who has social anxiety (I did in the past) a VR headset and they can be in a virtual social scenario and try interact with new people and get encouraged for it without having to interact with any real people. Very effective for treating social anxiety in my opinion! Virtual Reality is so realistic that I am very confident that this will improve someones social skills

**Google Glass (2014 - 2015)**I'm not too much of a fan of VR. It's a great novelty and I'd be lying I didn't have amazing Immersive fun with games like SuperHot, Eleven Table Tennis, or hanging out in VR spaces watching YT videos with a group of friends and throwing virtual popcorn at each other when we are basically across the glove from each other. However I'm very tentative about the sensitivity deprivation it causes having your eyes and ears locked into a virtual space.

That's why I think Google Glass was so innovative and ahead of its time. A progenitor to Apple Vision Pro but looked way more sleek and subtle. It also wins points for kinda looking like a Saiyan Scouter. Combining camera, siri/ voice command, and smart phone apps such as Google Maps, and Gmail, it's everything your phone did put attached to your head rather than your hand so you can honestly go 'hands free'. I think nowadays I'd love it just for navigation instead of having to pull out my phone and spin around like a Beyblade before it orientates itself.

The absolute irony we find ourselves in is that Google Glass shut down partly due to privacy concerns, etiquette, and ethics. Almost 10 years later we have livestreamers either openly or secretly recording street life in major cities through powerfully tiny cameras.