The Conquest of Reality: is Virtual Reality the Future?
In the Balance returns with a programme exploring the many guises of 鈥榲irtual reality鈥� and asks is it the next big technology of the future?
In the week that Oculus Rift launched its very first consumer headset, In the Balance returns with a programme exploring the many guises of 鈥榲irtual reality鈥� and asks is it the next big technology of the future? With rival products from the likes of Samsung, Sony and HTC all out recently or expected this year鈥� which company will come out on top? The 麻豆社鈥檚 Ed Butler is joined by Jeremy Bailenson; virtual reality expert at Stanford University鈥� and author of 鈥業nfinite Reality: The Hidden Blueprint of Our Virtual Lives鈥�, Nonny De La Pe帽a; an Immersive Journalist known as the 鈥榞odmother of virtual reality鈥� and the 麻豆社鈥檚 technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.
Plus, we get a taste of a real-life application already in use today courtesy of architecture practice 'Ackroyd + Associates'.
Image: woman with virtual reality headset, Credt: Thinkstock
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'Whoa I just became a woman'
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'They really feel like they are there'
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