BBC News - Oculus Rift provides a VR trip inside Game Of Thrones

BBC News - Oculus Rift provides a VR trip inside Game Of Thrones



I spent a lot of time in the 90s working on virtual reality. I even set up a masters course at UCL on it in the School of architecture (now rebranded to adaptive architecture). It was fun being in a virtual world, but no one ever managed to come up with the killer app for virtual reality. VR died but  the work wasn't wasted as most of the algorithmic improvements that have been made over the years appeared in the high-end 3-D gaming world.



It's kind of strange seeing a whole VR hype returning with Oculus rift. I think what I am most impressed about with the BBC item is that people are working on this as a new medium. It could be an incredibly amazing way to explore stories. 



So I am trying to get out of the feeling this is Groundhog Day. Maybe this time around with better graphics faster responses and simpler tools we can begin to deliver on some of the excitement that the first generation of VR experienced.