Samsung be fearless fear of heights -City Scapes
As someone who used to be afraid of heights as a kid, I felt really connected to this application as it immerses the user in three different types of outdoor settings (elevator, skywalk, and a virtually created tower) with each setting having multiple difficulty levels in order to slowly ease you into the experience. Usually, I tend to see that most virtual reality applications are designed for entertainment purposes. However, I am, interested in learning more about VR experiences with impactful applications that can change someone’s life for the better, and Cityscapes does exactly this. In addition, the application has the possibility of pairing up with a Gear S2 to measure the heartbeat of the user in order to gauge the user’s progress.
In terms of communicating information and composing an attractive view, the app developers did an outstanding job in simulating a real-life environment that can actually make the user’s fear of heights be tested in a variety of ways. As such, I believe that a careful research was done in order to design the best environment possible, one that takes the user into this simulated world and lets them leave with less fear after hours of use.
After perusing through different VR titles, I realized that I want to create one that lets the user interact with non-human entities from our world. For my 1st project, I created a simulation of a camping site and I really enjoyed doing so. As such, I would like to continue delving into the idea of simulating human’s interaction with nature in order to bring awareness on the impact (oftentimes a negative one) that humans have with nature and extend the significance this interaction has for the user.