Argumentative Essay On Chris Milk

Chris Milk, a visual artist who has created music videos for Kanye West and many others, says in his presentation on Ted Talks that “virtual reality is the perfect empathy machine”. Growing up Chris always wanted to be a stuntman like Evel Knievel and that when he realized that dream wasn’t going to work out he decided to become a visual artist. The first music video that he did with Kanye West was “Touch the Sky” and he based the video around his hero, Evel Knievel. Funny thing is that after the video was released he was then sued by him for copyright. Milk realized that the way he felt as a kid growing up and wanted to be like Evel Knievel, he wanted to create that feeling throughout the world. Virtual reality is the perfect machine because …show more content…
In one instance, psychiatrists at the University of Louisville are using VR to help patients deal with fears of things like flying and claustrophobia. Similar to exposure therapy for phobias and anxieties, virtual reality is being put to use to help soldiers with post traumatic stress disorder. Clinics and hospitals are using virtual reality simulations of warfare akin to Iraq and Afghanistan to help veterans who are, in many ways, continually reliving the traumatic events they experienced(Carson). In a safe and controlled environment, they can learn how to deal with instances that might otherwise be triggers to behavior that could be destructive to themselves and others. For burn victims, pain is an ongoing issue. Doctors are hoping distraction therapy via virtual reality could help them get a handle on that pain. A VR video game from the University of Washington called SnowWorld, which involves throwing snowballs at penguins and listening to Paul Simon, could alleviate pain during tasks that can be excruciating, like wound care or physical therapy, by “overwhelming the senses and pain pathways in the brain”(Carson). In conclusion, with the advancements in modern medicine, the workplace and education virtual reality is the perfect machine. using virtual reality you could be anywhere where virtual reality is a reality. If virtual reality was more advanced and around back when Evel Knievel jumped those buses then Chris Milk would be able to see what is was actually like to be there watching his hero do what made him famous. Standing there watching him in the air would be the greatest thing to Milk and with virtual reality that is possible. It is possible to make dreams come