Sherry Taylor

Q: A new survey says that 17% of people would trade their current lives to do this?

A: Live in a virtual reality world

A new survey asked people if they’d be willing to trade in their lives now to live in a virtual reality world.  And 17% said YES.

Here are their top five reasons why . . .

  1. 46% of them would love to visit places like Mars, Gotham City, or Mordor from“Lord of the Rings”.
  1. 46% want to live in virtual reality because impossible things are possible.
  1. 39% want to make an avatar of themselves that’s more attractive.  And 9% would want their avatar to be a creature that’s not human.
  1. 33% want to meet fictional characters.
  1. And 22% want to get away from today’s real world politics

(Daily Mail)

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