Doug Smith on The Pitfalls of Virtual Reality (VR)
On this episode, software engineer and author Doug Smith discusses the growing problem of virtual reality (VR) pornography and its negative effects. He also talks about Apple’s new VR headset, Vision Pro, and raises concerns about its potential impact on users. Smith criticizes Apple’s marketing of Vision Pro, highlighting the false vision, false connection, and false control it promotes. He emphasizes the addictive nature of VR and its potential to distort users’ perception of reality. Smith wraps the conversation by urging people to ask deeper questions and consider the consequences before embracing new technologies like VR.
Additional Resoucres
- Follow Doug Smith at ThatDougSmith.com
- Doug Smith writing about Apple Vision Pro
- Doug Smith’s Book: [Un]Intentional: How Screens Secretly Shape Your Desires, and How You Can Break Free (UnIntentionalBook.com).
- MMN Podcast: The Grandfather of VR: Thomas Furness on Virtual Reality
- Robert J Marks. Abandoning Reality: Getting Lost in Oculus Quest’s VR (Mind Matters News)
- Doug Smith on How To Get Off Big Tech’s Screen Drug (Mind Matters News)
- Doug Smith: Will we surrender our free will to screens? (Mind Matters News)
- Doug’s recommended books:
- Marshall McLuhan, The Medium is the Message.
- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society (1954)
- Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985)
