Virtual reality devices may be used to measure and modify Gene Expression!

A Virtual Reality company located in Victoria BC Canada, ThisIsMeInVR,specializes in finding innovative new uses for the latest technologies. They combine Virtual Reality, 360 Motion capture cameras and BioSynth genetic technologies to advance their research on Tech and Biology.

They’ve done some remarkable things already, such as turning a webpage into a virtual world that you can Teleport around in,( this innovation has the potential to redefine how people surf the internet)and creating some unique 360 VR experiences such as being licked by a 60ft tall puppy, or being shrunken down to miniature size

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These experiences that can be found on their web Portal or YouTube Channel with over 250 videos filmed in 360 format for viewing in VR devices. (click here if that’s new info to you to you)

Frankly, the best is yet to come.

BIOHACKING

Through a collaborative 5 year research project, on Environmental Immersion, a book has been completed and is now being produced as an amateur virtual reality tv (360vr) series on YouTube called Spheres of Influence.) During this process, they’ve figured out how use 360VR technology as a tool to measure and perhaps even modify gene expression. (this effect is known as epigenetic modification, and now combined with vr may evolve into yet another field : Percepigenetics or or SynthBioTech )

With funding and more research headed in this area, together as a species, we are about to take the next step in human evolution. Giving humanity yet another tool to modify our own adaptation to this rapidly changing world.

When funded ThisIsMeInVR will use rapid genetic testing and 360VR technology to map the DNA methylation process by which methyl groups are added to DNA by perceived environmental triggers. This is similar to the mapping of the human genome, but instead they hope to map the epigenetic effects of environmental influence.

“Virtual reality being used as a tool to suppress or activate Genes within the human body. That’s like Crispr gene modification, without the splicing!” — random person

Another benefit of this project is that it would also help to develop an understanding of the unintended consequences of Virtual reality immersion on the human body. Psychological and physiological preventative measures can start to be developed to minimize risks. In this brave new world.

This Is Me In VR is working on developing a framework for measuring these effects and making that database available to biologists and developers to enable the modification of genetic expression by choice, and provide safe and low risk Virtual Reality experiences.

for more info on epigenetic influence please read

Epigenetics - how the environment influences our genes
The science behind a rapid paradigm shift When the first human genome was decoded, popular thinking went: "If we know…www.lindau-nobel.org

Futurism; Where Technology is headed.

I’ll save you some time and trouble researching, guessing and worrying about where technology is headed, and instead simply just tell you what you can expect. Perhaps even together, we can speed things along.

Soon, the single most important mobile device that you will have, will perform several vital functions and may look similar to this.

With the latest development of flexible screens and circuitry your device becomes a handheld computer tablet when needed by either flipping, folding or stretching it to a full size. It will be fairly tough and rugged, yet light and cheap to replace.

When connected to another device, they seamlessly merge and expand the viewing area, allowing for a few people together to assemble a communal TV.

For convenience it will wrap around your wrist and operate similar to a smartwatch. It will become your contact entry point and cue device using audio, visual and haptic vibrations. It will monitor your biometrics, like your sleep cycles, pulse, temperature and many more.

The device can be inverted and wrapped around your head to provide either Augmented Reality or Virtual Reality experiences, adding to, or replacing your perceived environment. Allowing you access to a global experience database. (similar to how the net provides knowledge) and allows you to surf (navigate) through static and video webpages in 360 VR. All businesses should get on board right away.

It will most likely contains a personal assistant, with the most recent development of Artificial Intelligence which help you be more efficient with your life. It will also control (and monitor for risk assessment) what (biometric) information you share and to whom. It will manage your “If this then that requests” and become your own life coach.

It will (obviously) have Tango, be WIFI and Bluetooth Enabled, and be able to broadcast to audio and video to any devices as needed. (360 cameras, headphones, nearby Televisions or other devices) It will also be able to share its view with other smart devices, offering an inter-connectivity tool of unprecedented value, oh and it interacts with your smart devices in the Internet of things)

The most amazing thing about this device is that you Already own the prototype. Its probably in your pocket right now. (you may even be reading this on it)

Your current Device most likely has the ability to do everything mentioned above.

If you watch a 360 video on YouTube and click the mask symbol (bottom right), you can enter your device into a cardboard VR device and experience a form of Virtual Reality entertainment called 360VR. (someday, it will work with all videos, (it will create a theater room for you, so get on this #YouTube)

You can open “full” CGI VR apps and experience “true” VR using navigation by controller or by head direction) (soon it will navigate by tracking your eyes and your gaze. ahem #Samsung)

You can install Apps for augmented reality like Scopic, ( Snapchat or Msqrd. still need to add Landscape Splitscreen mode to view in Cardboard VR viewers) and experience the beginning of the Augmented reality — & Metaverse. (soon QR codes will provide the trigger for the augments )

If you have BlueTooth, Wifi, Siri or Chrome cast, you can already send video to nearby TVs , Headsets and do tons of stuff by voice command interface.

oh, and if you want you, your mobile device can even be attached to your wrist.

So tell everyone, and lets get this product upgraded and delivered A.S.A.P. It has the potential to improve quality of life, ease of access to information and experience. In the long run, it might help us save the planet by disrupting/realigning our travel and resource consumption systems.

(oh, and give me a call, i’d like to be on the team that develops it)

Zen @ ThisIsMeInVR.com

Is 360 video V.R? No. (but that’s not the point) It’s a match “made in heaven”

(link videos should be opened in YouTube app on mobile device for full effect)

Weiners and buns, together, make something awesome, called a hotdog. When you put one inside the other, something magical happens and the result becomes greater than the sum of its parts. Recently two “modern” technologies just met and I must tell you, there’s a a spark of magic.

Virtual reality devices, and there are too many to list at this point, range in price from 5–2000$ and come in all shapes and colors. They were developed primarily for entering navigable computer generated worlds, (like video games). The tech is good, it’s ready, and if you haven’t tried it, you should. You can move about and roam these designed virtual worlds with a variety of control options : gamepads, treadmills and many more. It will blow your mind.

Elsewhere a new form of video capture and viewing, known as 360 with gyroscopic functionality, (you can move your device around to look anywhere) was developed to be accessed using VR devices. Yup. They work together, the addition of split-screen landscape mode made it so that these spherical images and videos can be viewed in those really cool devices. (even the ones that run on your mobile phone) Now I know, 360 is NOT Virtual Reality. I repeat 360 is NOT V.R. (a weiner is not a hotdog).

(and btw I also know VR is great for therapy, education, telecom so please don’t message me about this) ). What Is important to know about, is what happens, when you put one inside the other and use them together, you see it does incredible things.

360 content can be VIEWED in V.R. devices? That’s pretty damn magical !

When you load up a 360 image or video into your V.R. device you enter into a whole new world. Landscape split screen mode is an amazingly simple development.( snapchat, msqrd should take note). Suddenly environments can be “entered” and mental trickery “hijacks” your senses and fools your brain into believing what you see. (see placebo effect) For the best first experience, be sure to set the resolution to highest, have good internet and sit in a swivel chair. Now, again you CANNOT currently navigate around with a controller, it’s not a Computer Generated Image (cgi). It is best compared to static photo/videography, a 2d Bubble, a “captured recording of a real life event or experience. Its’ powers lie simply, in that you can Look all around you and swivel about. (you become the camera on a, hopefully, tripod, most videos with motion, you should expect to get nauseated)

More recently though, some 360 videos and images have button links within them. Simply looking at one for a short period of time will activate it. If that link opens up another 360 image or video, you just “teleport” to that new place, across the world or simply just a few feet away. its an interesting from of nausea- free “desire” navigation, it may not be ideal, but it does show promise. In fact most don’t know it yet, but it’s about to become the future of web navigation.

Virtual tours aren’t new, neither is 3d mapping or really, any of this tech. What’s new here, is how they’ve all started to come together to create the ultimate hot dog (with lots of fixins’). Mobile devices now have apps that let you capture 360 panoramas or can be used with the latest 360 cameras to capture and create content for VR (aka 360VR like this animal compilation). They can spatially map an environment or person. (checkout project Tango) Even more incredibly those same mobile device can also become your actual VR viewer, which allows you to enter into those VR captures and experience anything, anywhere with anyone. (if it was 360 captured of course). Oh and that VR device? It lets you enter all of those cool navigable CGI gaming worldsand watch animated films.

VR is cool, but its greatest magic may yet be the feature of reliving lifes’ moments (weddings, concerts) or Live 360 streaming. (yes it exists already) You see sharing access to the content of all of our life’s experiences (like the internet did with information) is the technological revolution that will be one of the most disruptive occurrences in our lifetime (since the internet and probably until full AI arrives).

So, for you early adopters, rather than shouting out “360 isn’t VR” . Why not just relax a bit, and see that labels aren’t as important as consumer adoptionand safety. It’s still a bit early to define everything. For now, let’s use 360 content to promote VR devices for non gamers and help Grow the entire industry. It will very soon improve many peoples’ lives and has the potential to actually shape us and our world for the better. I for one, enjoy all types of VR experiences, Recorded life, Live, CGI, Digital, Augmented, Green screen, or any combination of them all.

I say, just “Take me out to the Ballgame” …. virtually of course.

ZEN

-360 content creator and founder of ThisIsMeInVR innovations

360 video kills privacy & creates serious security risks.

Your Business and privacy are at risk, but there are steps that can be taken.

With the latest Camera technology (known as 360 camera filmography), you can record or live stream, a moment of time , a wedding, a concert, a sporting event, your baby’s first step, a secure location or even a job site. Anything. Then using Virtual Reality devices (using your PC or mobile cell phone and GearVR or cardboard V.R (5–100$) you can relive that moment again, or be there LIVE (digitally).

You see, when you put on the VR viewers you become the camera that was recording or streaming and can be “present” in that location. This is world changing news, if any of this is new information to you, you’re way behind in technology innovation news and should watch the tutorials at www.ThisIsMeInVR.com

So, with that knowledge in mind, some questions about security and privacy invariably pop up.

(To Access the 360 video links in your PC or mobile device and be sure to set the resolution to highest. They are best viewed through YouTube so if needed, click the three dots at the top right and “Open in YouTube app”. To truly enjoy them to their fullest, I suggest sitting in a swivel chair so you can rotate around and look at everything.) OR alternately use the Enabler app OR a VR web browser such as : Samsung VR net browser to accesss YouTube videos on your GearVR.

For job site or security cameras the upgrade allows TelePresence monitoring, Employers can check in on their staff in restaurants, construction sites etc which is a fantastic safety tool, but when used by unknown persons in your private areas they can pose a potentially security breach. Perhaps some locations should ban the use of 360 cameras. Banks, Government institutions, museums, theaters, military bases, and casinos until more research is completed on the implications of virtual presence in private locations.

Private casino capture (security test)

On the other hand with the technology becoming mainstream, 360 captures will start taking place everywhere, in public spaces, and due to the nature of the spherical capture, few people are aware they are being recorded. The all encompassing nature of these devices means that there will be less and less areas to hide if you wish to remain out of photographs. Facial recognition technology, when combined with 360 capture may eliminate the last vestige of anonymity in public areas. Perhaps until consumer awareness is developed, those capturing with 360 cameras should carry a sign stating ( you are being recorded) so as to not infringe on peoples right to knowing when theyre actions are being documented.

Public capture of 360

Technological developments are accelerating, they bring great promise to improve our lives in many ways, but they are not without risks and dangers. Personally I love 360VR tech, I just think we shouldn’t blindly embrace it without considering the possible negative ramifications. It may be time to discuss these Before the issues begin to arise. At the very least consider covering up 360 and VR cameras (or sensors) when not in use.

for more risk Research visit: Facebook Risks-and-Benefits-of-Virtual-Reality-AR

Zen @ ThisIsMeInVR.com

VR ; Putting doctors INTO people with micro 360 cameras.

by Zen @ ThisIsMeInVR.com

Everyone who experiences Virtual Reality sees that it is a “game changer”. They quickly understand that it will revolutionize the world in countless ways. Travel, Tele-Communication , Entertainment, Education, Therapy, Gamingand so on.

One of things I’m suddenly most excited about is the how it will be applied to the field of medicine. Doctors use VR to perform remote surgery from across the world with robotics. Med Students can study and practice procedures over and over in simulations using Virtual Reality. I’ve even written about how VR may be used for epigenetic manipulation. The future is looking bright.

What piqued my interest enough to want to write about it was that I recently had an amazing CGI Virtual Reality experience where I was in a womb with a growing baby. It was a video on VRideo (avail on GearVR, PSVR, Oculus and VIVE etc…)

It got me thinking… There’s another VR technology on the horizon, 360 photography/ videography. The act of capturing environments in full 360 pano for the purpose of viewing in Virtual Reality goggles. This offers viewers a unique glimpse into another world , as the camera position relative to ground the viewer determines the scale. ( filmed at 7 ft, you are tall, filmed at 6 inches high you are a miniature).

Technology is so amazing that placing a 360 camera (and light source) internally into a human being is now possible. Putting Doctors and FACE TO “FACE” with internal organs! This will offer doctors a whole new way to view internal workings “first hand”. (in these situations, relative scale is governed by the camera size.)

What to expect….. well , one day very soon. (hopefully after some testing and research.) You may be required to undergo a procedure where a camera is placed into you. (endoscopy) On that day, your doctor may be wearing a VR device and be describing what he sees from “inside you”. My suggestion? Ask to take a look yourself, and see yourself from the inside.

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