The Geomancer's Compass (2012)
“The cashier handed us each a piece of paper.
“Randi …” Brian whispered, with the desperation that greeted any suggestion that he read something.
“Shhh,” I whispered back. “It’s just a waiver.” Since virtual reality began to be widely used in rides and games and simulations, a bunch of people have died or been injured. There were a couple of landmark cases. In one, an old guy suffered a massive heart attack when the computer-generated image, or CGI, of a fire-breathing dragon headed straight for... him; in another, a little girl, running away from a CGI green gremlin, fell down a flight of stairs and broke her neck. It didn’t take long (or many lawsuits) for enterprises offering VR and even AR, which is much less unsettling, to insist that would-be participants sign a form absolving them in case of accident. “Pretend to read it and then sign,” I told him.
“And here is your complimentary motion sickness bag.” The cashier handed each of us a standard issue barf bag; it was a rare VR event that didn’t make someone throw up, usually me.MoreLess
“Randi …” Brian whispered, with the desperation that greeted any suggestion that he read something.
“Shhh,” I whispered back. “It’s just a waiver.” Since virtual reality began to be widely used in rides and games and simulations, a bunch of people have died or been injured. There were a couple of landmark cases. In one, an old guy suffered a massive heart attack when the computer-generated image, or CGI, of a fire-breathing dragon headed straight for... him; in another, a little girl, running away from a CGI green gremlin, fell down a flight of stairs and broke her neck. It didn’t take long (or many lawsuits) for enterprises offering VR and even AR, which is much less unsettling, to insist that would-be participants sign a form absolving them in case of accident. “Pretend to read it and then sign,” I told him.
“And here is your complimentary motion sickness bag.” The cashier handed each of us a standard issue barf bag; it was a rare VR event that didn’t make someone throw up, usually me.MoreLess
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