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playing the Total Immersion Video Game.
I’m guessing that some on this planet would enjoy that – but I’m won-
dering how they would pay their electric bill.

Maybe you will not need the headsets as LG has just developed a thin
flexible TV screen - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35230043 -
it’s not perfect yet, but if some bright VR company built a sphere with
the inside covered in this flexible material, then once inside, the world is
your oyster (or sphere).

Of course when we get the Star Trek holodecks (which would be the
crème de la crème) where you can physically interact with the other peo-
ple and objects in the computer generated scene, who would want to live
in what is often a rather mundane reality?

2016 is expected to be the year VR really takes off, let’s hope that it’s
not a flop like 3D TV, and that the users don’t mind returning to their
normal lives after their virtual adventures.

The last couple of years have shown that we are being watched and mon-
itored by the authorities.
Now you now have the opportunity to watch others via your dashboard
mounted cameras, or home security systems or drones.
However, all of these come with a variety of regulations that you need to
be aware of – recording images on a car or home camera for your protec-
tion is one thing but recording images from a flying device is another.
There have been various incidents of drones with cameras being flown in
the wrong (illegal) places, plus of course they don’t respect your personal
space when being piloted by a novice. There are one or two interesting
videos on the web of drones being downed by birds, so it’s not just us
that they can annoy.

What might 2016 hold with regard to some of these points?

· Well the US has required the registration of remote controlled
unmanned aircraft systems – this includes drones. This registra-