Virtual Reality applications

When we hear people talk about Virtual Reality applications, most of us would think about virtual gaming. For example Oculus Rift and Virtuix Omni.

Oculus Rift

The Rift is a virtual reality head-mounted display developed by Oculus VR. Do I need to talk more about it? I'm sure a lot of us have already seen gameplay with Oculus Rift. Like horror games and even roller coaster games. I really want to try it if I can; it is just too exciting! It is like the ghost or zombies jump right in front of you and you can stop it from coming. Like if you use a computer to play, you can just press the exit for shutdown button. But when you are you Rift, its cover half of your face and before you knew it, BOOM! It's in front of you!

Virtuix Omni

The Omni will free gamers from passive, seated gameplay, unleashing the full potential of virtual reality gaming with the Oculus Rift and future head mounted displays. Gaming on a keyboard, mouse or gamepad while seated pales in comparison to the intense experience and fun that comes from actually walking, running, and jumping in games. Just like what you see in the video, the player can walk and run in 360 degrees and with the 'rifle' on, players can feel that they are really inside the game. Have you ever heard you mum said 'go outside and play!', 'Stop sitting and playing games all day'. Now with this Virtuix Omni, you can tell her, 'i'm not sitting, and I'm having a war outside!' And it is a great exercise too!

Not only for GAMING!

Virtual Reality applications are not only for gaming but there are many different kinds of uses.

1. VR Chair Traveler

In class we did say before we could use the internet to travel around the world! Even though virtual traveling lack of sensory and social components of travel, for example, you can feel the wind blow, you can't touch the wall, you can't smell the air. But it can still be life changing. We know that traveling can cost a lot, and maybe some places are hard to get there. However with VR Chair Traveler, you can do it! The diversion that is walking the Champs-Élysées or scaling Kilimanjaro could offer someone with locked-in syndrome, ALS, or similarly limiting conditions is enormous.

2. Intergalactic Planetary

Ever plan on going to Mars? Most of us have this dream of going into space, but more than 90% of us can't. Not all of us are an astronaut, we are not rich, and also not to mention the risk. Remember the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, the risk is too high, we might not survive before we are out of space!The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum recently held an Oculus Rift-centric exhibit where visitors could travel on the Ranger craft from the movie Interstellar. And for real-life astronauts who might one day have to make a significant portion of their life among the stars to reach far-off destinations, VR can make them feel like they're back on Earth.(Steele, n.d)

3. Help  war veterans combat PTSD

4. Go back in time!

Ever think of how this place looks like in the past? We now life in a world of modernization, we have lost a lot of our heritage and history. But with Virtual Reality applications and product, we could see the history behind the walls and also learn from it.The nearly perfectly preserved Pompeii is already made walkable by the Google Cultural Institute, as are many other wonders of the ancient world. Strap on Google Cardboard and away you go.(Steele, n.d)

http://asia.pcmag.com/wearable-tech/974/gallery/8-amazing-uses-for-vr-beyond-gaming?p=8

Internet Security

Cybercrime rates are increasing in Singapore, e-commerce cheating or extortion on cyberspace climbed from 510 cases to 1,659 cases last year.
Teenagers one of the easiest target online.

1. Have you heard before a stranger online ask you for more of your information because they want to be friend with you?

2. Asking you for your address so they can send a gift to you?

3. Asking you to on your webcam to video chat?

4. Telling you they really like you and want you to become their girl/boyfriend?

5. They were really sweet to you for the few days or weeks. But then, they started asking for more.
For example:
Telling you they have some money issue, and you as their 'girlfriend', you should lend them some money. Once you lend it to them, they will never stop asking for more. When you do not want to lend them money, they will start bully you online.

OR

They begin to ask you for photos of yourself, at first, they ask for normal pictures, however, what they really want is you to trust them. So they can ask for more, like nude photos of yourself. Then when you 'broke up' with them, they would start to blackmail you.

6. They will tell you they are from some unknown agency, and they are finding models. They praised you and told you that you were what they are looking for. Then they will ask you to send photos of yourself to them. Just last month, a man offers a teen job, then tells her to perform indecent acts. According to the police, the 19-year-old was told by the man to carry out indecent acts in front of the webcam. He then took photographs of her performing these acts without her knowledge and allegedly blackmailed her for money.

Police say that members of public should beware of such scams and take the following precautionary measures:

-Exercise caution when befriending strangers on the internet.

-Do not agree to any request that may put you in a vulnerable position, such as performing compromising acts in front of a webcam and providing personal details to other internet users.

-Contact the police immediately if you receive any message or call from anyone claiming he/she is in some kind of trouble overseas and need you to urgently send money over.

-Inform the police if anyone tries to extort money from you.

Man offers teen job, then tells her to perform indecent acts ... (Oct 16, 2015). Retrieved from http://news.asiaone.com/news/crime/man-offers-teen-job-then-tells-her-perform-indecent-acts