Virtual Reality

The virtual reality group did such a good job on their presentation. I loved so many aspect of it! There was a lot that they covered and the fact that they had an oculus made the presentation so much stronger. The oculus is probably the future. Soon we will only see through simulations and it will be awesome. We probably won't but it's still a cool idea.

I think something that was interesting was the history of virtual reality. It started as early as 1940 and is now on the road to perfection. I think that the history of virtual reality affects how we look into the future of virtual reality. I think that because people will believe that virtual reality is a game and for entertainment then there's the argument that virtual reality will be used for medicine, journalism, education and just improvement of life in general. I think that is the direction that technology is definitely going towards. I think that the beginning of virtual reality really started with games me it was for entertainment! I think when arcade games came out in the 1980s those were huge because it was into article and exciting and purely for entertainment.

The YouTube 369 videos I thought were great! I mean they had some flaws but it is a great introduction to virtual reality. I found that when I moved my phone the simulation moved with me which was something new to me and it was pretty cool. Virtual reality is something that is such a new idea that most people probably don't think too much about it. I do think that since companies and people are posting these kinds of videos about virtual reality they are opening it up to everyone and everyone has the ability to use it and understand it. The 360 degree video on YouTube is such a smart way to advertise the oculus and it's a great way to get people interested in virtual reality.

While people were experimenting with the oculus, I could see what they were seeing and it was amazing to see what technology can do now. I can imagine that being inside the oculus that everything around you sort of comes to life. I think it's fascinating that technology has the ability to do that and transport us into the virtual reality life. I believe that virtual reality will be helpful with education, journalism, tourism and medicine. I think that virtual reality will change how we look at current technology. Derek talked about how virtual reality could support doctors appointments without really being at the doctors which would be a game changer in how doctors appointments work. I think the idea of virtual reality is great but there's not quite a market for it yet until more people get on board with it.