#Digital Nation

"Over time their brain is able to say ok, this is uncomfortable, but its not a life threatening situation i can tone down the level of anxiety and stress." says  Digital nation. They also said that virtual reality simulators are helping military veterans to get through the stress and anxiety that follows after the war. Virtual reality is taking everything to the next level, it's changing real life situations into things that are just in front of your eyes. According to Discovery news there are contact lenses that help enhance normal vision with megapixel 3D panoramic image.  They are being designed by scientists using military funding. Once again if the military can use these lenses against the enemy this gives us a unfair advantage just because our technology. Another idea consists of augmented reality (AR)  displays that overlay computer-generated images overlay computer-generated images over real-world environments. All of these things can actually trick our mind into believing that we had done something we haven't, or making our mind think that we are not in danger in some cases. As Digital Nation says in the documentary, "After virtual reality of swimming with whales, half of the kids believed that they had actually went swimming with the whales". Its very crazy what virtual reality can do, It can help us in many ways or terrorize us under certain circumstances. Digital nation also says that the military is currently using virtual reality therapy for post traumatic stress disorder. These virtual simulations of war have actually been proven to lower the stress and anxiety rating of the soldiers. Over time their brains realize that they can adjust to everything in life and move on from PTSD.  Not only the military can benefit from all of this virtual reality technology. Discovery news says that "About 10 million people in the U.S. have macular degeneration, where the retina in their eyes is less able to discern detail". If they create a type of lens to help people see in full detail and experience life through the eyes of something spectacular. The reason its called virtual reality is because it can make things seem real, in some cases the virtual things you actually see are real. Just like in Digital Nation, they showed a video about the Air-force and the drones. "From a desert Air-force base, pilots fly drones that execute missions in Iraq and Afghanistan". While sitting behind these computers people can do things that don't require them to actually put their life on the line. They're fighting a real war from a room thousands of miles away. Digital nation also says that pilots of the drones are required to wear flight suits while operating them to remind them that they are actually at war. The pilots must adjust after going to war during the way and living their normal everyday life in the night time. This can also cause PTSD, which is very very interesting just because the fact that they actually aren't in Iraq doing this. The mind is convinced they are in the war fighting all day from piloting the drones. With the way technology is changing these days, all of the things we have learnt to know are changing so much. The reality of this all is very shocking. Before we know it everything will be virtual and we the people will physically never have to do anything.