Virtual Reality is a new technological device that has become popular in the last decade. This tool has both pros and cons just like any other form of technology. So, what is virtual reality? Virtual reality is a simulated space that is displayed through a screen. Some early forms of virtual reality include projecting onto a physical screen such as the ride at Disneyland, Soaring Over California. Another from is just on a computer screen or any other digital screen. In this blogpost I will be talking about the pros and cons of the highly acclaimed digital glasses which is now the most popular form of virtual reality.

The benefits and pros of virtual reality is greater than most think. Virtual reality gives the individual the opportunity to travel or be wherever you want. Most people use virtual reality to play video games or travel to destinations they cannot access. Many people bought virtual reality headsets to visit museums during the pandemic. Our professor, Dr. Remy, interacts and sees her son on the virtual reality headset. In the Kenderdine reading, Kenderdine talks about the development of museums. The museums’ emphasis on the quality of their collections and scholarly frameworks has evolved to include visitors framed by these qualities. The next generations of embodied experiences described in this chapter, however, require new tools for analysis and evaluation.”

The cons of virtual reality are very slim. I don’t think this type of technology is hurting anyone other than museums. More and more museums will be transferring over to the virtual reality space. By doing this, museums will slowly lose physical people coming in and more people tuning in on their devices. Although this sounds scary and bad, look at the publishing industry. I would argue that Kindles and e-books have made reading more accessible and have made more authors become successful due to the accessibility.