{"id":52535,"date":"2015-11-19T16:46:21","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T21:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=52535"},"modified":"2015-11-20T08:09:13","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T13:09:13","slug":"a-virtual-reality-revolution-coming-to-a-headset-near-you-lorne-manly-at-nytimes-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2015\/11\/19\/a-virtual-reality-revolution-coming-to-a-headset-near-you-lorne-manly-at-nytimes-com\/","title":{"rendered":"A virtual reality revolution, coming to a headset near you [Lorne Manly at nytimes.com]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/11\/22\/arts\/a-virtual-reality-revolution-coming-to-a-headset-near-you.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>A virtual reality revolution, coming to a headset near you<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from nytimes.com by Lorne Manly<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpts:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Virtual reality \u2014 once the stuff of science fiction \u2014 is still in its infancy. But there\u2019s already a gold rush around the technology, which plunges viewers into a simulated 3-D environment and lets them explore their surroundings as if they were really there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Technology and entertainment giants are betting billions that virtual reality is much more than a passing fad, one that will revolutionize the way we experience movies, news, sporting events, video games and more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Meanwhile, filmmakers and other creators are grappling with an entirely new storytelling language and dealing with some formidable challenges \u2014 claustrophobic headsets that can make people cybersick.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nHere, some of the other pioneers in film, journalism, sports and gaming talk about the potential and struggles of building a new art form from the ground up.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n\u201cYou really engage on scene in a way that gives you this incredible connection to where you are,\u201d Ms. de la Pe\u00f1a said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s why, early on, I was calling it an empathy generator, an empathy machine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/11\/22\/arts\/a-virtual-reality-revolution-coming-to-a-headset-near-you.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52536\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VRHeadsetNearYou-NYTimes-Nov2015.jpg\" alt=\"VRHeadsetNearYou-NYTimes-Nov2015\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VRHeadsetNearYou-NYTimes-Nov2015.jpg 673w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VRHeadsetNearYou-NYTimes-Nov2015-150x134.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A virtual reality revolution, coming to a headset near you &#8212; from nytimes.com by Lorne Manly Excerpts: Virtual reality \u2014 once the stuff of science fiction \u2014 is still in its infancy. 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