Interview: Can VR help us understand what it means to be human?

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Dan Cook, the founder of EyeMynd BrainwaveVR, is the kind of person you have a conversation with that meanders beyond technology and eventually encompasses… the meaning of life, what it means to be mortal and the nature of humanity.

Cook is one of those VR enthusiasts, the kind who lapse into geek-speak a la Elon Musk about whether this or the virtual world is the real one. Who are way past the novelty of playing ping pong with a friend in a virtual space and more into things like, well, in EyeMynd’s case -- figuring out how a user can operate inside a VR environment using just their mind. And nothing else.

Welcome to one company’s far-out attempt at a VR revolution, one that involves putting on some headgear and just letting your thoughts do the rest.

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