What Will Virtual Reality Look Like?
Virtual reality will completely disrupt how we interact with computers, revolutionizing the world around us. It promises to allow us to experience vistas on earth we would never see, animals at full scale and unique ways to explore our universe.
Too bad it’s so gimmicky.
VR suffers from the same issues as the Nintendo Wii. Sure, motion control is cool and fun to experience, but when I play games, watch videos or consume content, I want to sit down and zone out. What I believe will be the selling feature is how it will modernize current standards of human computer interaction. Yes, being under water looking at prehistoric dinosaurs whose anatomy is unlike anything currently alive is cool. However, where I belive VR will truly excel is enhancing how we already interact with computers.
Virtual Reality or Ours?
The standard computer setup for most people is a laptop and, for a lucky few, a dual monitor setup.What VR contribute mostly to is putting on a headset and sitting in a desk and having three, 27-inch monitors. One with the paper you’re working on, another with two research articles in split screen and the third playing a video on the topic. That alone would be pretty cool. Where it steps it up is that you could choose to have your office space court-side for a basketball game, or sitting on the moon as earth rotates around the sun.
When VR becomes less expensive, it will dramatically alter how we interact with computers. However, it won’t change what kind of content we like. When newspapers went digital, the structure stayed and I believe the same will happen if you choose to use VR over a monitor. Microsoft recently announced an affordable line of headsets that can be powered by a standard laptop. This technology is still a few years from going mainstream, but when it does, its impact and digital content consumption will be dramatic.
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