Acid test: how psychedelic virtual reality can help end society's mass bad trip

Cyberdelic VR is being used to treat trauma and even simulate near-death experiences

Human beings have become nothing more than data in flesh suits. That's the gist of Team Human, the 2018 TED Talk from media theorist Douglas Rushkoff. Certainly, there could be few people who use social media now who don't feel a sense of captivity.

That makes cybernauts the freedom fighters. The VR artists, academics and scientists gathered in this Brunswick warehouse have contributed to Melbourne's first "cyberdelic incubator", hosted by the Australian Psychedelic Society.