What I Learnt on My First Day in VR
Connection, immersion and a heartfelt pang I didn’t expect.
“Hey man, would you like some water?”
My friend is offering me a plastic water bottle. I reach out and take it a little cack-handedly, like I’m wearing thick ski gloves.
“Go ahead, drink some,” he encourages.
I bring the bottle up to my face and upend it. Water pours out over my face. I laugh.
“That’s amazing!” I say.
“Yeah, they’ve put water bottles and drinking fountains all over the place in here to remind people to drink water in real life.”
It’s my first day in virtual reality and I’m wide eyed at all the neat little tricks.
After my virtual guzzling, I do genuinely feel thirsty in the real world.
But I don’t want to take off my headset to get water. I’m hooked into the virtual world with my newest toy, an Oculus Quest, and there’s no way I’m leaving just yet.
VR is Full of Little Moments of Wonder
Before my virtual meetup with my VR developer friend Brennan Hatton I’d taken a quick run through Oculus Quest’s First Steps. It’s a short experience designed to orientate new users in VR.
