The actor exploring virtual reality – wants the entertainment industry to be aware of its potential detrimental impact on vulnerable minds.
Shatner told the Guardian that the use of technology to affect our minds is so powerful now that we need to be on guard in the future.
He further noted that we got to be really careful because the technology could put somebody into a psychosis.
– We’ve got to be very careful we don’t do terrible things to people on the verge, whose view of reality is somewhat misty, said he to the Guardian.
But he also sees the beneficial potential of VR for medical uses, such as helping children with autism experience emotions. He has also another interesting idea about helping grieving families.
– One of the things that I suggested … was the possibility of people, prior to dying, [making] a little speech to a virtual-reality camera. Then you could put that by their grave and people who loved them, or were curious about them, could see them in their entirety, in absolute reality … There they are, saying, ‘my darling, I love you’.”, said he according to the Guardian.
The English newspaper also reported that Shatner is about to publish a memoir. In one passage, he writes of having his body reproduced in VR.
