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freehe
freehe
11/17/2016 12:27:08 PM
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Virtual Reality
It is still viewed as a new technology and has not gotten much demand. There are so many other technologies that people are still getting used to, VR will take years for people to want as a technology in demand.

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Alison
Alison
11/17/2016 3:45:10 PM
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Re: Virtual Reality
Like 3D, the stumbling block today is its add-on hardware requirement. Once it can be more of a natural, group experience and people don't have to wear individual glasses or masks, VR will be more useful, fun and interesting. Right now, I personally don't have much interest in it because I can't be in the moment with it; you can share it after the fact or separately if, I guess, you're all in the same VR scenario simultaneously. 

For classroom training, you'd want EMT trainees to actually be in the ambulance, for example, seeing the injured patient, hearing the sirens and the screaming, feeling the patient's ragged heartbeat and so forth. And you'd want the team to interact, handing off scissors to cut off the patient's jeans and passing over the oxygen mask to stabilize his breathing. When we reach that point, VR will be huge - just think of the money it'll save, the numerous people it will reach and the flexibility it will provide organizations. Intense! 

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freehe
freehe
11/26/2016 1:21:56 PM
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Re: Virtual Reality
@Alison, great points.

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freehe
freehe
11/26/2016 1:23:50 PM
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Re: Virtual Reality
I think VR is great for training but in terms of emergency responders, doctors, medical professionals, engineers, scientists, teachers and counselors nothing beat real-life experience. Simulation is great but it doesn't account for variables, that's where real-life experience and trainings wins everytime.

 

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Joe Stanganelli
Joe Stanganelli
11/28/2016 8:34:11 PM
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VR
I think the proper way to look at VR here is as a completely different medium.  People will consume it and engage with it completely differently than they do with standard video entertainment -- and the content for it has to be developed pretty differently too.

In short, VR video will no more compete with traditional video than reading books and going to see a play compete with each other.

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Joe Stanganelli
Joe Stanganelli
11/28/2016 8:35:34 PM
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Re: Virtual Reality
@Alison: Good points, Alison.

On the entertainment side, however, we watch video to watch things happen to other people.  It's the fundamental component of catharsis, and I don't see that seminal social human urge going away anytime soon.

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dlr5288
dlr5288
11/29/2016 11:09:38 PM
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Re: Virtual Reality
Good point. I definitely think being in real life situations are the best ways to prepare for those certain occupations, and most to be honest.

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mhhf1ve
mhhf1ve
11/30/2016 9:46:21 PM
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Re: VR
> "VR video will no more compete with traditional video than reading books and going to see a play compete with each other."

100% Agreed. VR will be another form of content that will be separate from other forms like books, video games, movies, radio, TV, etc... Sure, maybe someday, just as movies and TV have merged, perhaps VR will blend and be nearly indistinguishable from other forms of entertainment/content (with just a difference of "production value").

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batye
batye
12/1/2016 1:15:45 AM
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Re: VR
@mhhf1ve I would say VR technology will be merged into everything soon as I do see heavy consumer interest in this technology... and it is a big factor...

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mhhf1ve
mhhf1ve
12/3/2016 2:35:59 PM
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Re: VR
Hm. I can't think of any examples where a new form of media immediately merged with older forms after introduction. VR might be trending now, but so was 3D TV not too long ago. Avatar is due for a sequel, but some hot technologies just don't take off. And they rarely merge with other media unless quite a bit of time has elapsed.

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