To be honest, I didn't really have any experience with VR or AR. I was amazed last semester (I think) when Sundance VR came to campus. I remember I was only able to sign up for one short film because they whole event was so popular.

For me the most compelling storytelling mode is the ones that have a narrative or story lines in them because combined with the headphone and the headset I can feel myself in the scene, in the story. I was there. I really liked it when I was experiencing the After Solitary short documentary because when I was looking around and turning around, the sound actually moves with me so that I can have a sense where the character is standing and where's different sounds coming from. I think this is also telling us what/where to pay attention to when there are so many things we are exploring at once. However, the resolution of the video kind of take me away from the scene. When I was trying the Sundance ones last semester, the resolution was relatively higher and I feel more engaged. Also, the wires that are connected to the headsets kind of stood in my way and I had to be really careful not to trip when I can't actually see anything outside the headsets.

Compared to the wireless devices, I can sit down and turn around freely. However, the wireless devices put more weight on my head then the wired ones.

Other than that I'm curious about sight and VR. For example, do short-sighted users need to put on glasses when experiencing VR? And can blind or color-blind people use VR to see? I remember someone told me about how her friend had been basically blind for her whole life but can see when put on a VR headset.

The whole VR experience to me is like I'm in a single-person immersive/promenade theatre experience. I went to see Sleep No More several times during summer when I was in Shanghai. There's no stage and there are multiple storylines going on at the same time for three hours in a six-storey house. I get to interact with the actors, stand as close as I want as long I'm not in their way, walk anywhere I want to or even examine any props when no actors are using them. But when it's weekend there's usually tons of people in the house. VR experience is like opened a theatre just for me. I can look under the bed; I can see the texture of the wall; I can feel how tall the trees are, etc. To take this further, I recall last semester an architecture professor told me they're trying to bring VR into their classroom and help students to have a better understanding of  house structures, distance, lighting, etc. I think VR can be a new way of entertainment and education.