VR: News and Sisters

So I have to say, I never thought I would have liked VR. I am now quite obsessed with it. There are so many cool things you can do with it. In my field of broadcasting, news reports can now come to life. I found this you tube video on the Japan earthquakes were it was a 360 video where the reporter is talking with you but you can look around you. There are so many applications for this new medium of media. I would really like to start a YouTube channel of making these type of news stories.

I didn’t realizes how realistic and engaging the virtual world until I downloaded the app called Sisters. It is a VR game that takes you into the world of a horror story. I don’t watch too many scary movies because I spend the majority of the time hiding my eyes and covering my ears. But when you are in a VR scary movie, you cannot cover your eyes or plug your ears as easily.  The genius behind this new technology is that the simulation knows exactly where you are looking so it can purposely let you only see certain things in your peripheral vison. And the story line will not move on until you have seen everything that the designer wants you to see.

My brother gets scarred quite easily so I made him watch it.