This week’s Wednesday class I couldn’t attend because I was sick. However, I was told that Sam Tate from Phoria was a guest and gave an informative lecture on the realities of the virtual reality industry and its possibilities. The class then were divided into groups and discussed XR ideas that expanded beyond film and into real world application.
The ideas that our group pitched to the class was an interactive augmented reality Aladdin roller coaster ride for Disneyland. The idea was to combine the exhilarating nature of riding a roller coaster with the immersive experience of augmented reality. The ride places the users in the roller coaster but when looking through the augmented reality goggles looks like you are on the magic carpet with the Genie flying around you whilst traveling through the sights of Agrabah and being right in the middle of the extravagant musical numbers. Overall, It was a useful experience generating ideas and practicing pitching ideas to other people.