Virtual reality is the new up and coming technology that can literally put you into any scene you choose. However, doesn't this sounds a little familiar. Literature does the same thing.
Literature creates a story that is capable of bringing emotions to the reader and is capable of transporting you to a completely different world than your own. Literature teaches us important values and morals. Literature broadens our perspectives. Literature can bring tears to someone's eyes and make our cheeks turn red with second hand embarrassment. The goal of virtual reality seems to be the same.
Virtual reality, can also accomplish all these tasks. The only thing it lacks is it does not give the audience the power of imagination and creativity to create their own version of the scene, while literature does.
We are currently reading the novel Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid. The novel is about Saeed and Nadia two refugees searching to find a safe place to call home during a devastating war. To get a glimpse of refugees outside the fiction world Hamid created, we used virtual reality. By using virtual reality, we were able to learn more information and apply it to the book.
Virtual reality can add information and other perspectives to one's current knowledge. However, it cannot take place of literature.
I like how you brought together storytelling and videos, so that people can see as much as they can.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree, Molly! I think virtual reality works great in combination with a text, but I would hate to see it replace written literature! That being said, I think VR is especially helpful when we are reading about a situation we have never experienced, because it gives us a foundation for imagination.
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