VR-Capstone

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For my Capstone project, I will be focusing on the VR (virtual reality) arms race and how it will affect the world. Virtual reality was something of a dream for people. A world in which you can enter, explore and feel. The technology has existed for a long time, but these systems were to expensive, heavy, and featured many problem such as not enough immersion.

The first company that started this “VR revolution” was Oculus in 2013. Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus, created an Oculus development kit which grabbed the attention of many different companies and game developers. This was the start of the VR arms race

Today, many companies are partnering up and going against other companies for the first lines of consumer VR systems. Many of these products are competing and coming out this year in 2016. With billion dollar deals between big companies such as facebook, this is easily the next step up in video gaming and other medias. Maybe throughout the future, this technology will expand into different areas such as hospitals or the military.

For the two different explanations I plan on creating an infographic and a remix video. The infographic will focus on the information of the company’s positions and how this VR arms race is unfolding today. This is meant to give the reader a good idea on what is happening in a political company sense. The remix video will show how this is affecting the world and also how the arms race is unfolding. The remix video will consist of visuals through different media channels (such as the news) and visual demonstrations.

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