VR Tentatively Peers into Social Networks

In the Digital Age, online communities bring diverse people together for common goals and causes. Doctor-patient and peer support in the medical field rank among the top of such groups — underlined when lives are at stake. Virtual reality also has the potential to support a social media community, as championed by one of VR’s biggest proponents, Dr. Chuck Webster. Call him a hybrid. In his words, he is “an industrial engineer who went to medical school.” “Industrial engineers study systems — in my case, healthcare systems — and apply various techniques and technologies to improve these systems,” he said…....