Virtual Reality Is Changing How We Work Out
Jeremy Greenberg
Founder of Crowdwave | Simulate any audience, any time, and ask them anything (quickly and privately).
“Reality is a lovely place, but I wouldn’t want to live there.” – Adam Young, singer-songwriter
Virtual Reality Isn’t New, And Its Impact Is Gradually Increasing
Virtual reality has been around for a long time. In the mid-19th century, artists created 360-degree murals that wowed observers. In the 1920s, Edwin Link introduced the first flight simulator to train aspiring pilots. In 1957, Morton Heilig invented a device known as the “Sensorama.” The Sensorama was a booth that contained oscillating fans, speakers, mechanisms for emitting smells, and a viewing screen that displayed three-dimensional images. Heilig called this type of entertainment “experience theater.” He was trying to create a new, manipulated reality, one that felt real to the participant but was entirely artificial.