Since the big bang event, the world has continued to experience a gradual evolution, as humans advance in exploring many possible dynamics with science and technology.Science has presented many discoveries and technology has presented tools that have significantly made life easier and living better.

Through technology, we can not only compare the present with the past, we can, in fact, predict the future, travel to space, and even create a virtual environment, that although unreal, feels real.Writer Stanley G. Weinbaum wrote in his 1935 short story, “Pygmalion’s Spectacles,” about a scientist who devised a pair of glasses that can “make it so that you are in the story, you speak to the shadows, and the shadows reply, and instead of being on a screen, the story is all about you, and you are in it.”77 years later in 2012, 19-year old Palmer Luckey designed Oculus Rift, a Virtual Reality headset that allowed users to have a feel of a video game, as though they are inside of it. Although there have been earlier versions of VR products, Oculus Rift seems to be the most successful.

What is Virtual RealityVirtual Reality (VR)

What is Virtual RealityVirtual Reality (VR) is a virtual 3D environment created by computers but can be felt and interacted with. Although not a real environment, it creates an immersive, believable experience, allowing you to explore the virtual world being generated by the computer.

Applications of Virtual Reality

The application of VR in human life has become quite common, from gaming to sports, military (war simulations), healthcare, education, fashion, and tourism. VR has gained ground in Tech and its application has evolved over the years, with more advancements in its development.VR has recorded more applications in gaming, partly due to the fact that the Original Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR were made for gamers. But the technology has found usage in other sectors such as Education, Communication, Medicine, among others.Imagine a world where students have the feel of the classroom without actually being there. Team members communicate and bond in realtime, having the physical and mental feeling of the office environment, and patients and doctors meet face to face for medical appointments, feeling truly present.VR presents a promising future where the visually impaired can be helped, families can reunite virtually, locations can be visited, lessons can be learned, and experiments and practicals can be more easily done without physical harm or damage.