Huh, have you ever wondered what a sandwich sounds like?

Not much to it, is there?

Unless, of course, it's a Walker's sandwich.

Mmm, that is good.

Now that's what Asani should sound like.

Go all crisp in with walkers.

Delicious.

Hi there, I'm Jason Gottz and you're listening to Think Again, a Big Think podcast.

How do you know that you're really where you are right now?

I mean, where are you getting this sense of place from?

A bunch of data from at least some of your five senses enters your brain where it's cross-referenced

with categories from memory. You're making a probabilistic calculation. This sure looks, feels,

and smells like my office. Jeremy Balenton, my guest today, has been experimenting with

cutting-edge virtual reality for 19 years now. His virtual human interaction lab studies the way VR's unique sense of

presence of putting you into a different place and maybe time from the one you're in can be used

for education, healing, and yes, generally making the world a better place. His new book is called

Experience on Demand, What Virtual Reality is, How It Works, and What It Can Do.

Welcome to Think Again, Jeremy.

Thank you.

So one of the things, I mean, you're based at Stanford, you're in Silicon Valley, and one

of the things I found really refreshing about your book is that you're talking about some pretty

awesome technologies, pretty inspiring

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