Tag: Virtual Reality
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Going Out For VR with Alien: Descent
While virtual reality—or VR—seems to be gaining ground, I honestly haven’t seen the appeal of it. I like games, but haven’t felt the desire to have it consume my entire vision, or get that immersed in it while at home. I like console and handheld games, and other forms of entertainment like film, books, etc.…
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How Gaming and VR Can Revolutionise Education
Teaching and learning have been going on since time began, however, the archaic systems of education in the world need to be brought into the modern age. Essentially, #EducationMustFall, and needs to be reformulated to fit into the 21st century. What the hell does this have to do with gaming, you ask? Well, in my…
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Diversity in Virtual Reality: The Next Step?
I love VR. I’ve loved being a bird soaring over post-apocalyptic Paris in Eagle Flight, getting up close and personal with a shark in Ocean Descent, and scoring very much over par as a massive robot in 100 Foot Robot Golf. But I also love exploring crafted stories about a wide range of characters. So…
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What Westworld Teaches us About Virtual Reality
“Welcome to Westworld” In HBO’s hit Westworld, adventurers come to the seemingly Grand Canyon sized theme park to live out their fantasies that their utopian world can’t supply. Whether it’s needing your fill of sex with some saloon gals, embarking on a dangerous bounty with a cowboy, or simply getting away from it all, there…
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VR Gaming’s Real Problem Isn’t Price; It’s Diversity
As virtual reality makes its much-hyped comeback, developers and headset makers have been trying to sell us on the idea that the technology will offer the most immersive gaming experience ever. Why just play a game when you can feel as though you are actually in it? It’s certainly an alluring premise, after all, games are already such a…