Virtual reality is already in gear for some people. With the popularity of addicting mass multiplayer online RPG's games, the ability of ordering anything you want from your computer, and advances/availability of high technology such as headgear monitors and full body sensors, virtual reality while on life support cannot be far away. Our generation has been highly involved in the idea of a virtual reality which will make it likely that our future retirement homes will pump us full of drugs, stick us on life support, and stick us in a virtual reality where we assume the role of an able bodied hero.
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Virtual reality is already in gear for some people. With the popularity of addicting mass multiplayer online RPG's games, the ability of ordering anything you want from your computer, and advances/availability of high technology such as headgear monitors and full body sensors, virtual reality while on life support cannot be far away. Our generation has been highly involved in the idea of a virtual reality which will make it likely that our future retirement homes will pump us full of drugs, stick us on life support, and stick us in a virtual reality where we assume the role of an able bodied hero.