[fatratchet]

I'm really curious about building a virtual memory palace for VR. Seems there would be many possibilities to make memorizing more effective.

Some common techniques like following a predetermined path through a palace and imagining diffrent unique objects and scenes at fixed locations along that path could be really nicely visualized.

I would think you could benefit a lot from actually beeing able to explore and fully take in a memory palace while feeling like you're actually present with VR.

[EdwardCoffin]

If you are a really visual person, perhaps. I would want all sorts of other senses in addition though. Being able to lay my hands on the brickwork and hear how sounds are affected by walls would be important parts for me.

On the other hand, a palace in VR has the benefit of not getting demolished, and being accessible even if you move to another country.

I understand that fictional locales were used as palaces for this reason. For instance, Dante's circles of hell.

Edit: corrected an inexplicable typo (had 'and' for 'hands')

[hacker_9]

No doubt this would be useful, but the great thing about a memory palace is it is only limited by your mind - any object you've ever seen can be added to it effortlessly in nano seconds. Plus you can conjure it up anywhere anytime. A VR Palace on the other hand wouldn't be so portable, and would require you to design a lot of 3d models / textures / animation / sounds by hand.