Last year, the Oculus Quest changed the game for virtual reality headsets and gave us renewed hope for these devices’ bright future and mass popularity starting from 2020. So now might be the best time to recall all the ways and areas where you can use a VR headset. Here is our Top 4 list.
1. Gaming
When people hear “a VR headset”, gaming tends to be the first thing that comes to mind. It’s no surprise given that this is the key area of VR products development today. All the long way VR headsets have gone since they were first created was mostly to make your gaming experience as immersive, rich, and convenient as possible. Nowadays, you can enjoy one of the countless quality VR games at home or at social events such as Otherworld VR arcade in East London. And if you are into gambling, check out virtual reality casinos. You can find the one for you at 1cs.com, a website dedicated to online casino reviews and news.
2. Training
VR headsets have revolutionised professional training in many dangerous and high-stakes fields. In medicine, they allow surgeons to practice operating and doctors to respond to emergencies without life-or-death consequences of every action. Mine rescue teams can practice reacting to the scenarios that are too dangerous and/or rare to simulate in real-life training. Similarly, VR headsets help to train pilots, the military, and operators at nuclear power plants. Although nothing can completely substitute a real-life experience so far, virtual reality comes as close to it as possible in a safe setting and at low cost.
3. Experiencing Something Otherwise Unavailable
Providing unique experiences is what virtual reality is all about. But in some cases it is more evident and important than in others. Today, VR headsets can become particularly useful to older people as well as people with health issues. These devices enable those suffering from dementia to revisit their memories and nostalgic places in virtual reality. VR headsets allow care home residents to make their lives much richer, fuller, and more interesting.
For example, in Nottingham, older people in nursing homes can virtually enjoy such activities as swimming with dolphins and whales and kayaking. Other care home facilities offer their residents such exciting and impressive opportunities as scuba diving, mountain climbing, and even floating in outer space. What’s more, such usage of VR headsets by seniors and disabled people can also enrich their social lives. They can engage in group activities, discuss their experiences with other care home residents and staff, and even organise virtual reality clubs.
Of course, these VR experiences can also be enjoyed and cherished by people of any age and physical ability. I, for one, highly doubt I will ever have a real-life chance of visiting outer space or risk climbing Mount Everest. But I would definitely love trying these things in VR.
4. Travelling
Who doesn’t love to travel? Well, such people definitely exist too, but there cannot be too many of them. Travelling brings great joys in life. Exploring new places, experiencing different cultures, widening our horizons, and making wonderful memories enrich our existence so much. But sometimes real-life travelling may not be very affordable. There can be many different limits preventing you from travelling: financial, physical, personal, or related to lack of time. Whatever the case, a VR headset can allow you to travel again. You can visit best museums all over the world, new cities and countries, historical sights, and uncharted territories in virtual reality. You can even do something otherwise impossible: travel back in time and walk the streets of ancient Egypt or the Aztec capital.