The assignment today was to choose a VR experience and answer some questions about my experience. The VR experience I have chosen is Jurassic Park. Jurassic Park VR is a short scene in green forest are that has been abandoned. The experience brings you into the movie and makes you feel as if you’re really there. You can see broken vehicles which give you the feeling the humans were no longer there.
I felt very immersed as it feels like I am in the forest, walking the path with the dinosaurs. There were two small dinosaurs and a very huge dinosaur attacking them. I felt very present in the scene so much that, I could think the dinosaurs could actually touch me. I felt so present and enjoyed the scenery, the sky and flying dinosaur. I enjoyed the way the camera moved forward as if the film was leading me that direction to walk, and look at what was happening in a certain direction. This was such a good experience. The only time I recall break in presence was when I looked down and saw the blue boundary.
Part of today’s assignment is to choose a VR experience and think about making it fully immersive or a less immersive experience. I have chosen the starry night stereo VR experience. I have chosen this as, I think this could become more immersive, by making it more realistic, making it a step into the real painting. My idea is that instead of going into a painted reality, the user goes into a actual real place that resembles the painters location, the place he was actually painting. I think this would make the experience more immersive. I think experiences that display the real world make you feel more immersed as your brain can accept them as a reality, rather than your imagination, or an animation.