Anyone with a functional mind knows that almost every invention, every breakthrough, every discovery, will always be utilized 1st to further greed and to kill people. Many would argue one is a tool of the other and not separate.
Reassurance by anyone who says otherwise is to be suspect IMO.
I habitually avoid anything with a descriptor of immersion / immersive, because IT NEVER IS. It’s a marketing single word used nowadays to convey what used to be called themed.