Virtual
reality, also known as immersive multimedia can simulate 3D environment for the
user to explore and interact. Virtual reality technology has gone a long way
since Morton Heilig’s invention of Sensorama in 1957. It had a very slow start
and during some periods seemed like an unattainable idea. Most of the ideas
were just concepts and plans for the future. Concepts, which were brought to
the practice, were not really popular, because they were pricy and not good in
quality. Most of the virtual reality projects did not hit the world interest,
until now. Nowadays huge companies are
pouring millions into the virtual reality industry. The latest and most
advanced virtual reality technology today is Oculus Rift, “which will change
the way you think about gaming forever”. While some people consider virtual reality to
be very dangerous to the real life as we know it, I believe that there are some
practices with it which could prove to be useful in our everyday lives.
Oculus
Rift is a virtual reality headset designed for video games. It has a very wide
field of view, high resolution display for the maximum sense of reality. It is
not the first virtual reality headset made, but it is definitely the best.
Oculus brings 3D gaming to the next level.
One
of the dangers that most of the people are afraid of is that virtual reality
might get too close to “reality” and people will start forgetting about the
real life. Of course it is ok to forget about real life problems once in a
while and emerge yourself into the virtual reality, but completely giving up on
real life is really unhealthy and dangerous. It is a viable reason to be
against virtual reality advancement, but it also can be easily fixed using any
kind of self-controlling software, which would lock the system after a certain
amount of usage.
Virtual
Reality has been used for the entertainment purposes only, but what if it is
taken beyond that line. Using the virtual reality technology, such as Oculus
Rift in almost any field can prove to be useful. For example, medical field –
improving surgery procedure with practice, without risking lives of other
people; or piloting – practice flying without any risks or using fuel. Such
technology would improve most of the aspects of our daily lives.
Virtual
reality is one of the most advanced technology innovations in today’s
society. So far it has only been introduced
to the video game industry, but imagine the benefits it would bring if used in
other fields. From performing a surgery to flying a plane with the maximum
sense of reality would change our lives forever. Of course it comes with risks,
but in my opinion it is worth it. Oculus Rift is a massive push towards the
virtual reality future.
[http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/oculus-brings-the-virtual-closer-to-reality/]
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