One could also experience what it's like to be a cat or a mop. One can also interact with real people connected to the same virtual world. Together, they can relive the battle of Gettysburg. However, the concept has a serious purpose. It will let people transcend their identities and experience things from different viewpoints without much effort and not much time.
Simulated experiences offer opportunities for safe activity in a risky world.
It can serve to train pilots to fly dangerous missions or expensive aircraft. It can teach a surgeon how to handle a scalpel without drawing blood. It can educate workers how to handle situations that may be too expensive or hazardous to reproduce in real life. While current efforts might seem disappointing, work in virtual reality remains at the experimental stage. It has the potential for producing great changes.