I always love new technical things which is interesting and innovating. I had heard of VR and AR many years but I hadn’t experienced it until the last semester. As long as I have tried it several times now, I can say that VR is amazing!

I have tried two kinds of VR facility. One works with smart phones. There is one called Sumsung Gear VR and others made by cardboard. And the other – the famous Oculus Rift - needs to connect with computer. Both of them have unique feature and gave me another world when I used it.

The cardboard viewer enables you to carry the facility conveniently and it is cheaper. You can lie on your bed and watch large amount of 360 degree videos which are shared online. I almost wanted to buy it immediately after I tried it. The one I watched was a plain with many animals like elephants, giraffes, etc. Although the experience is not very very real because of the screen of phones, it is still interesting to feel putting yourself into another environment. Since it has good price and easy usage, it really worth buying.

Oculus Rift can bring a more real world that if you don’t catch the handle, you may want to extend your hand to touch the objects. I experienced a sample of universe with my headphone on. The star just glowed in front of me. I could hear the stereo voice when I turned my head. The comments were floating on the screen just like 3D movies. I think words can not describe the feeling I had at that time. People can understand it only after they try it. I believe this facility has a great potential in film and game industry. People can enjoy more by using VR instead of black 3D glasses in the theatre. I also can’t imagine how exciting it will be to use VR to play horror games. I hope I can gradually learn the way it works and how I can tell my story in VR during this course so that I can consider this innovation as a possibility work in the future.