things like lawnmower man and johnny demonic.he movies of my teenager years, i was captivated not just by how ridiculously kind of - - they seem to was now but those early headsets and suits. how cool they look from the outside but then the renditions of what was happening inside the headset, i was completely swept away. despite that, despite the fact that in the 90s, there were some rudimentary experiences people could have. i never, ever, tried it. my eyes didn't go into a headset until 2013. so i felt like that 15-16-year-old me, all of a sudden was like overnight, this feels real. i went back to work and i was like, you are probably not going to believe me because we've heard the story before. but, vr is actually coming. and they're like yeah right, this is wired. i was like no, i don't know, i think this is it. at the time, that was based on video games but very quickly, my excitement about what the technology was doing was shifted focus. and the idea of escapism and game-based entertainment was completely supplanted by this