Jeremy Bailenson: Your Mind on the Metaverse

Explore the psychological impact and transformative potential of virtual reality in this seminar by Jeremy Bailenson, Stanford University professor and founding director of the Virtual Human Interaction Lab. Delve into how VR is revolutionizing teaching, training, culture-building, and communication across various sectors. Discover the concept of the "Local Metaverse" and its applications in education, including flipped classrooms and virtual field trips. Examine the causes of Zoom fatigue and learn about VR's role in addressing it. Investigate VR's "killer apps" in sports, retail, and soft skills training, with case studies from the NFL, Olympics, and Walmart. Understand key psychological theories like Contact Hypothesis and Body Transfer Theory, and their relevance in VR applications. Explore the ethical considerations, potential downsides, and future directions of VR technology, including its use in stroke rehabilitation and the distinctions between AR and VR.

Introduction
Welcome
Agenda
Jeremys Background
What do we do
The Metaverse
The Local Metaverse
How did this unfold
What did we do
Hardware
Platform
Flip the Classroom
Wednesday Journeys
Zoom Fatigue
Privacy
Synchrony
Time
Context
Killer app of VR
National Football League
Olympics
Walmart VR
Walmart VR Training
Pickup Tower
Soft Skills Training
Culture
Shifting Topics
Contact Hypothesis
Body Transfer Theory
Fundamental Attribution Error
Bank of America
Thousand Cut Journey
Telepresence
Scale
Telogy
Transformed Social Interaction
Questions
VR Rules
Stroke Rehab
Downsides of VR
AR vs VR
Working with Walmart