Monday, 4 January 2021

VR tour

At the time of writing this blog post, many people reading this post don't realize they already have virtual reality on their smartphone . All they need to do is get a VR phone holder to hold their phone infront of their face, the basic ones cost about £5 (five loaves of bread). You need an app on your smartphone for Virtual Reality, the YouTube app already supports virtual reality, you just select 360° format videos in the filter and press the VR icon to split the screen into 2. The YouTube app will use the phone's tilt sensors to track your head movements. 

Last night I expored 6 exoplanets in virtual reality, it was amazing. They were all very different, although they were computer generated images and not the real thing. The more immersive software requires specialised hardware so if you want to play golf in virtual reality or explore open worlds by walking then you have to invest in more expensive hardware like the 'Oculus rift'. 

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