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Besides just porn or nudity, maybe we could also add violence into the arsenal of engagement. For example, maybe the viewer could use a virtual sword or shotgun on some key concepts in the presentation to initiate a tangent going on a deep dive on the concept, and then come back to the presentation once done with the rabbit hole.

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Feels like the theme of Videodrome coming back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxXkIGVwgB4

Add sex and violence to your boring paper reading sessions more exciting!

I was just thinking about this movie on Friday while at a concert. Lorna Shore, awesome show. Anyways, the person in front of me was watching an overweight person (purpose of the niche I suspect which is why I mention it) do their daily chore routine (laundry, cleaning, etc) on tiktok. After the video was finished, my fellow concert attendee quickly went to Amazon and purchased the iron in the video. No links clicked, just serious chore fomo leading to a purchase. All while standing 3 feet from a circle pit/wall of death/etc while Lorna Shore was playing 20 ft from their face.

A VR interactive thesis defense/sword fighting crossover game sounds just weird enough to work. Maybe base it on the fight mechanics of Until You Fall [1], we could call it "Until You Graduate" (I will see myself out for that one) or "Thesis Offense" [2].

[1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/858260/Until_You_Fall/

[2] https://xkcd.com/1403/

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