The Consumer Virtual Reality Conference and Exhibition, which takes place on Saturday at the Vancouver Convention Centre, will market virtual reality equipment and games to customers. The sold-out conference is set to host 2,100 people as developers show off VR games and journalists reveal what stories can be told with virtual reality technology.
Mr. Hine maintains that the immersive experience allows users to feel more when they interact with the medium. “Anyone I throw into some of the experiences will immediately have an emotional reaction,” he said.
He noted that when video-game designer Joseph Delgado modified Grand Theft Auto V for virtual reality, he was horrified by the crime and violence in the game.
“I feel horrible about making this,” Mr. Delgado said on his video post on Tumblr. “You actually feel guilty. My mouth dropped the first time I shot someone in my GTA:V VR setup.”
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