8 Ways Virtual Reality Will Make Life Worth Living

7. In-The-Room Communication

Remember the first time you showed your Grandma Skype? You know, that time she threw her peppermint tea on your MacBook because she thought it was stealing her soul? Well, she's about to be legitimately disturbed by the virtual reality alternative. Forget wonky webcams and tinny sound: don some VR 'sets and you can all be sat around the table together, Kingsman-style €“ without paying a penny for petrol. Better still, family gatherings are about to get a whole lot more exotic. Banish banal biscuit chat: with your whole clan equipped with heads-up helmets you could hold get-togethers anywhere you please. Uncle Jeff's stories would be far more engaging atop Everest. Cousin Susan's snotty tantrums would be a doddle as you float through space in a virtual realm of stress-free paradise. As for Grandma Nora's next rant? It's nothing to worry about on a Caribbean island. It's not just for family, either. Need to catch up with colleagues? Do it in a VR sauna. Need to call time on a relationship? Break the news in a room full of puppies or, for the more furiously inclined, a pit of hellfire and brimstone. It's all possible, thanks to virtual reality.