This week I also had the opportunity to help propose an innovation grant for an initiative called “VR: Will it become our reality?”. This experiment has the potential to explore VR software such as Engage, Art Gate, and Web VR using Oculus Quests.
There are two main things that make this so exciting. First, Engage and Art Gate are multiuser friendly, meaning they encourage multiple people at a time to share and explore a virtual space. The second is that all three softwares give users the ability to develop their own content. VR, while being around for a few years, is still not widely accessible. The potential to experiment with VR on a larger scale (in this case meaning 2-3 Oculus Quest headsets) is very exciting and I look forward to seeing where this project could go if accepted.