The Next New Thing

The next new thing in "New Media" will end up being something that satisfies our ever-changing needs as a society. Many fellow classmates have mentioned that the tool to do this will be virtual reality and the various uses it will have. In the future, we could see and interact with distant family and friends using virtual reality. For gamers, video games have already started to use virtual reality with various technologies like Oculus Rift that making gaming a full body experience. For the more adventurous type, you could go on a simulation of hiking Mount Everest. Of course, there are many other uses and possibilities for virtual reality which is one of the reasons it has the potential to be the next big thing. For whatever desires we may have, virtual reality will be one of the most mainstream solutions.