<p>Is virtual reality useful for productivity software? Yiliu is the founder of Softspace, a VR/AR tool for thought. He joins Mark and Adam to discuss the human brain and body as inherently spatial systems; the question of whether information is fundamentally 2D; and why social comfort is the biggest challenge facing VR today. Plus: how to avoid a dystopian future.</p> <p><a href="https://discord.gg/qFxWPzcenf">Discuss this episode in the Muse community</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/museapphq">Follow @MuseAppHQ on Twitter</a></p> <hr/> <h2>Show notes</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.yiliu.sh/">Yiliu Shen-Burke</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/softspaceninja">@softspaceninja</a></li> <li><a href="https://soft.space/">Softspace</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tybOi4hjZFQ&amp;vl=en">Wim Hof breathing method</a></li> <li><a href="https://olafureliasson.net/">Studio Olafur Eliasson</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-brain-maps-out-ideas-and-memories-like-spaces-20190114/">The Brain Maps Out Ideas and Memories Like Spaces</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/">Oculus</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/oculus-rift-development-kit-dk2">Oculus development kit</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-up_display">heads-up display</a></li> <li><a href="https://acg.media.mit.edu/people/simong/thesis/SpatialComputing.pdf">Scott Greenwald’s Media Lab thesis</a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/gV1sw4lfwFw">Beat Saber</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EajIlG_OCvw">A Beautiful Mind</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/softspaceninja/status/1645818242861002755?s=20">Softspace demo</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force-directed_graph_drawing">force-directed graph</a></li> <li><a href="https://stevenberlinjohnson.com/tool-for-thought-b12c170fcc24">Steven Johnson on DevonThink</a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/ErpNpR3XYUw">Google Glass</a>, <a href="https://www.magicleap.com/en-us/">Magic Leap</a>, <a href="https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro/">Vision Pro</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.getsupernatural.com/">Supernatural</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vergence">vergence</a></li> <li><a href="https://virtualspeech.com/blog/history-of-vr">history of VR</a></li> <li><a href="https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/178196/1/178196.pdf">PlaneVR: Social Acceptability of Virtual Reality for Aeroplane Passengers </a></li> </ul>