There is one type of social media
that I am really looking forward too. That is the collaboration between social
media and virtual reality. There has been talk that Facebook is going to create
a social media site such as that. Back in 2014 Facebook bought Oculus VR for 2
billion dollars. This company is known for being the biggest players in virtual
reality, so naturally with Facebook combining its efforts with a virtual
reality company you will get something along the lines of social reality.
Now I don’t
quite know how you would get these two features to combine, as it would take
some serious camera work. I was thinking that if you were going to be involving
people in virtual reality, the camera person would have to take video in 360
degree angles which could be a big hassle for those wanting to post. Another
thing that I think could be an issue is the fact that not everybody has access
to a machine capable virtual reality. So I do think that it will take time for
an invention of this sort to come out.
One idea
that I think could be really fascinating is the use of involving people in
activities they cannot attend. An article I read talked about how people are
not always able to attend all activities that there friends and family are at.
With the use of this app people could be at all events just by being at home.
For example it talked about being able to “play” ping-pong against your friends
from your house. If there was a way that someone could wear a camera it would
be as if you are playing them in Ping-Pong. Or lets say both of you log onto
the app you guys can both be at your house and play each other through the app.
If the games or adventures are already programmed into the app you would be
able to play easily with each other. Depending on how advanced the technology
is you would be able to either look at what people post and experience it, or
even the possibility of interacting with each other through the app.
I feel as
if this app could really help people, I have read that people who are heavily involved
in social media tend to be more depressed or suffer from anxiety more then
those that don’t get involved in it. I do feel that this app could bring people
together and get them out of their depression. The reason that I feel this way
is many times people become sad because they can not be involved in the
activities that there friends are attending. With this app people could feel as
if they are involved even though they are not there. Obviously this app is
going to take a long time to develop and perfect but I do feel that this is the
direction that apps are going.
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