Erkenntnisgewinnn durch Virtuelle Realit ten

Virtual reality will gain a more and more important role in our everyday life. So it is very important to understand fully the impact and influence virtual reality will have on or view of the world. This article reveals that the interdependencies between the real space and the virtual space are much more subtle and profound then on first sight. Especially the value of several mathematical, physical and biological models and simulation methodologies will be reestimated by the use of virtual reality in the long term. As an example the article describes the historical chain from quaternions to quaoaring and how this may lead to a paradigm change in biology.