So now that VR is the new best thing in entertainment… Where the hell will it go now?

If you have been following any video game development or YouTube gamer, you may have noticed the growing demand in the use of Virtual Reality. For those who don’t know already, Virtual Reality (VR) is the term used when an activity, such as a movie or video game, fully involve you in the world the program is trying to create. Many companies are trying to include VR into their products like Sony and their PlayStation, Samsung creating VR headsets for use with their phones, If you remember the ever so small hype for google cardboard, that was VR, even the movie Goosebumps released a VR teaser trailer of the movie on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsOC26gxWkU

If you didn’t already try it, remember to move the camera by hitting the arrow keys or clicking, holding, and moving the mouse within the clip. You were in control of the camera and where to look within the scene. Do you watch Jack Black try and avoid driving into monsters and obstacles? Do you follow the road? Do you try looking somewhere else to try and find Easter eggs? The Possibilities are exceedingly numerous at this point

So what does it mean? Where are we heading? It’s not going to be the alien apocalypse forewarned by Taco Bell. The future of entertainment and technology is upon us.

It’s not just art or movies either. Many different genres can benefit from VR. watch the artwork by Human, an artist who specializes in creating artwork while in Virtual Reality. He mostly paints famous characters such as Iron Man, various Pokémon, and even a couple video game characters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx5NaWOaRuQ

VRHuman is planning to release another gallery of artwork created using VR. If you want, you can check out the rest of his galleries and playlist before he releases his next one.

Finally, VR is making it’s way into psychology and therapeutics. Jamie Wong, producer of The Daily Show and Primetime Emmy award winner, is creating a series of VR films under the title Project Empathy. Essentially, the series is to look at life through the eyes of another person. Whether that is a nine year old girl who’s mom was incarcerated, a man waiting for a second chance after almost twenty years in prison, or a guy wrongfully convicted without a trial, the films truly speak to your feeling of empathy. This shows the power of VR in showing the world the true justice system and what happens behind bars.

You can watch the series here

VR is our future in truly involving the user into another world through the cameras of a VR headset. The 360 camera has the biggest potential in recording and video worldwide. The possibilities of VR will be limitless going into the future.