Eugene Volokh (Photo: John Disney/ALM) UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh has always seemed to operate with an eye toward the future. Graduating with a B.S. in math-computer science at the age of 15, he spent over a decade as a computer programmer before becoming a lawyer. In 2017, Volokh looked forward again, this time in working with Stanford's Mark Lemley on a paper that may seem a little far-out . That paper is “Law, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality,” which was recently picked up by the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. The Recorder had a chance to catch up with Volokh to discuss his paper and its look at how the law might handle problems in both the physical and virtual worlds. Here are highlights from that chat, editted for space and clarity. The Recorder: We're a year out now from the paper. Any big changes since the writing? In exploring the legal avenues here, you went down criminal and civil law, looked at jurisdictional challenges. Was there anything that surprised you when putting all this information together? What about these future public spaces being owned by private companies? What sorts of trouble does that pose? Let's talk jurisdiction: A person in, say Montreal, calls law enforcement in Germany to complain about a German citizen causing a virtual disturbance. Do you think such will raise the possibility of an international legal framework around VR? What about user privacy issues?