NMD Capstone Preliminary Research 9/17/19 Jack Lampinen
VALUES
Review your notes from Humane Tech and the Design Guide. Consider how your project addresses the concerns and values expressed by the design guide. Is there a way your project could support an even better quality of life? And will it benefit all people or just those with the most resources? (500 words)
VR is something that is not yet easily accessible. In current times, a Virtual Reality set that encompasses all of the possibilities of its potential costs a fair amount of money. That being said, there are plenty of public access points in which people can experience VR. I believe that VR has an incredible amount of potential for directing the advancement of entertainment for humanity, but none of these values align with the long-term goals of bettering humanity. I feel like I am working towards a goal that is not currently aligned with the humanitarian goals that are being established in the works that are being displayed in our capstone class. I have been so focused on the idea of bettering the experience of Virtual Reality that I have not had time to focus on whether or not Virtual Reality is good for humans in the first place. While I feel lie there are methods in which VR could in fact benefit the human race in a long-term perspective, these are not where my intentions have lied.
SIMILIAR CONTEXT / AUDIENCE
Find 3 other articles online that explore issues relevant to those you will explore in your project. If you are looking at stories about race, for example and your project uses VR, what are the hot issues about race in VR, and how does your project address them? If you are working in animation, are there issues for creating animation for marginal races? For example are the templates race-sensitive? Does your toolkit contain crew cuts and/or kinky hair? You may want to include articles found using “Google Scholar” if you want a solid research component in your CUGR proposal. (500 words)
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/03/virtual-reality-endless-runner-game-vr-part-1/
https://www.foundry.com/insights/vr-ar-mr/infinite-walking-in-vr
There aren’t any issues about race in VR. At least as far as I can tell regarding my research.
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