Virtual reality technology is here and quickly improving. With prices as low as $15 for Google Cardboard, entry-level VR options are enabling people to use the technology in fascinating ways. Whether it’s a low-cost pair or a more expensive HTC VIVE system, here are some cool ways the cannabis community is merging with virtual reality technology.
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Virtual Tours
Get an insider’s view of your favorite dispensary with a virtual reality tour, like the one provided by Metropolitan Wellness Center in Washington D.C. In an effort to display the legitimacy of cannabis cultivation and retail dispensing, viewers can peep both processes through their collaboration with San Diego-based virtual reality studio VRTÜL. Seattle cannabis tourism operator Kush Tourism offers a 360-degree view of Dawg Star Cannabis’ grow operation. Tour Oregons Finest, one of the busiest dispensaries in the U.S., in downtown Portland, Ore. Hang out with some Jack Herrer, Skywalker OG, Gorilla Glue #4, and San Fernando Valley OG in a 5×5-foot Gorilla Grow Tent lit by KIND LEDs.
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Idea Innovation
Are you planning to farm cannabis? Have you spec’d out your grow facility? Virtual reality CAD tools are quickly becoming part of the new wave of industrialization that enables users to sketch 3-D architectural plans, design functioning prototypes in a virtual world before committing large budgets to manufacturing, and 3-D print prototypes into reality. These innovations are allowing the new wave of cannabis entrepreneurs to create in ways limited only by imagination.
From state-of-the-art facilities and innovations in lighting technology, to new forms of extraction and consumption, virtual reality is changing the future of cannabis. TakeRoot, for example. The company has been busy 3-D-printing prototypes, perfecting a device to automate home smartphone-enhanced cannabis growing. This innovation could prove to be a priceless resource for patients growing their own medicine. Just imagine what it can mean for home cultivation of natural medicines.
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Source: Merryjane