mcluhan and virtual reality

I think these past few classes have been the most interesting thus far. We started with the idea of cyberspace, and the fact that the internet and everything involving it has its own world surronding it. Virtual reality is a simualtion of another life external of our own. Virtual reality, although it looks simple, is rather complicated. Professionals will take a computer-like device that usually covers the eyes, and send a person or numerous people off into another dimension that feels as real as the one were in now. We talked about a word in class related to this subject called immersion, which a stem off of the word emerge. An immersion of virtual reality literally means to engulf yourself in this electronic simulation, having all your senses and everything around you look and feel as real as humanly possible. With the advancement and control over all the videos games out today it is not a surprise to me that virtual reality is becoming more intense and more popular. What most people do not realize is that virtual reality is an augmented state, meaning that you can become attached to it although it is not technically real. Like in the video we watched, professionals created a virtual reality that simulated the thoughts and actions that go through a skizophrenic's mind, and patient's agree that it is almost identical to how they felt in the past. The other documentary we watched about McLuhan was interesting and confusing in the same sense. McLuhan believes that content of a medium in another medium. The video definitely showed how influential McLuhan was on the idea of the introduction of new media to our society throughout history.