Extended Spot Survey

Everything in class has been really helpful in improving my writing, but I think one of the most effective ways was actually the blog posts. A lot of times I overthink what I write, but since the blog posts where more relaxed it helped me to just write and not think so much. I do think that 350 words is kind of a lot for some of the assignments like the one where we had to write about what we need to improve in our rough draft. Another helpful assignment would probably have to be the prickles and goo. This was helpful in writing a lot of our essays because in class I was able to learn about how to balance facts and fluff in my essays. Along with some of the reading assignments because most of them were examples of what kind of essay we were going to write. It made it easier for me to write the essays because there were several readings and examples that you gave us in class that I could refer to. The least helpful assignment was probably when we talked about the rhetorical appeals. I purely say that because in my last semester writing class we went into a lot of depth with the appeals, so I did not really need a refresher on that. Other than that, everything in class was generally useful and engaging because you showed us a lot of interesting videos that related to class. I am not really sure on what you could do to improve the class because I thoroughly enjoyed it and will definitely take away a lot of tips on improving my writing. As for the final assignment, I was not too keen on the PechaKucha, especially since I did one last semester in my writing class. I did like that the topic was on one of the essays that we already wrote, but for the sake of your future students I will recommend assigning a regular PowerPoint presentation. Even though I know that you will probably ignore that comment.

PechaKucha

I will be presenting my research article for the PechaKucha PowerPoint presentation. I chose my research article instead of my inquiry essay because I think I have a lot more information on it. Plus, I think it will be a lot more interesting talking about virtual reality rather than me talking about going to the gym at 8:00am every day. To condense my information, I will talk about three main aspects of my essay, which is the negative and positive aspects of virtual reality, where we are now with VR technology, and what we should expect in the future that will include augmented and mixed reality. From here I will add pictures of the different headsets and I want to try to add some of the websites that have already been made for virtual reality headsets. I will probably have to do screenshots of the websites in order to do go with the flow of the PechaKucha PowerPoint. Along with adding some of the graphs of the projected revenue for virtual reality products. I am hoping to really show everyone in class the virtual reality experience that different companies like Samsung, Google, HTC, and varies other companies are trying to achieve. Besides the time constraint and PowerPoint method I guess my next biggest challenge would be putting the right amount of visuals and text on each slide. That is why in class tomorrow I am planning on making an outline, looking for different visuals that will grab the audience’s attention, and condensing the information from my essay. I am not sure if I will be able to do all of that in class, but once I do finish that the final step would be practicing the presentation. One of the most important parts of the assignment is making sure that I am familiar with the information. That is another reason why I chose my research article because the information is still fresh in my mind. As long as I practice a little bit I should be able to feel comfortable to go off script a little if I forget something.

Potential introductions

In the last decade, there has been a rapid rise in technology in science, the work force, or just simply in entertainment but what’s next. The answer is virtual reality, in the past couple of years several companies have been researching and releasing virtual reality headsets in particular. All of these are made to immerse oneself into another world with life like qualities, so that people can explore the world without having to leave their house. Even though they have had little success so far it is projected that by the year 2020 virtual reality will have over $120 billion-dollar revenue. With very high expectations that it can alter human’s way of life by potentially improving the military by replicating combat without actually having to go to combat or doctors performing lifelike surgeries without having to do it on a real human.  There are so many different possibilities of what virtual reality can do to the world. While some people are, excited and promoting virtual reality, products others have speculations about some of the possible repercussions that could have on humans. That is why this article will go into depth on how this might affect society, were we are now with technology, and what people should expect form it.

Imagine having the capacity to travel all the way across the world to China, touring places like the great wall of China or performing open heart surgery all at the comfort of your home and that is what virtual reality is trying to achieve. A world so realistic that people will immerse themselves into the product for scientific, military, or maybe just entertainment purposes. Currently there are several tethered and mobile headsets offered by Google, Samsung, HTC, and more that have tried to create this with little success, but in a couple of years that could change. Companies all over the globe are looking into this technology and it only takes one product to break through the barriers and become mainstream. That is why it is projected that in only three years there will be over $120 billion-dollar revenue on virtual reality. The question is how will this impact all of us. Many people are hopeful and believe that only good can come from this while others are focused on the multitude of possible repercussions. This essay will focus on both points of views along with where we currently are with virtual reality and what everyone should expect from it.