Chasing Pokemon, a Baby Step Toward Virtual Reality

"In a few years, Silicon Valley assures us, we will have virtual reality, an all-encompassing escape into fantasy and illusion," says David Streitfeld on the New York Times. Pokemon Go is one of the next big thing which combine our real lives and an unreal world by using virtual reality via smart phones. As you know, even though you walk slowly, moving with operating your smart phone is so dangerous because you don't concentrate and see anything around you. However, this game might give us new dimensions in our lives.

For example, there were first big Pokemon Go event at the Dolores Park in San Francisco and over 9000 people gathered. He also attended it and then found a famous statue and poem in the park near his office. This app persuades you to go outside and takes you to new places where you haven’t been before. Moreover, you can make friends who also play Pokemon Go because you already have the same topic to talk together. There are no concerns between different generations even if you think you are old. It’s an advantage of this app and a different point of view we didn’t have when we played old game.

As the result, it’s just a little step toward virtual reality, but all of us are looking forward to seeing next phase, progress of virtual reality world.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/technology/personaltech/chasing-pokemon-a-baby-step-toward-virtual-reality.html?ref=technology