Future of Virtual Reality

Microsoft Hololens

Microsoft showed off a futuristic concept of virtual reality. It blends real surroundings with digital layovers, as shown in the video. Although it is still in its early stages, I think that it has the potential to be useful in variety of ways. For example, it can change how visitors see a natural history museum. Visitors can each have one of the hololens and have an interactive experience. For example, when you are looking at fossils of a dinosaur, a digital 3D animation of that dinosaur can pop up and give you a loud "roar". Also, as you are walking down the main hall, a 3D pterodactyl will fly right above you and give an immersive feel.  I think this tech will be very useful to engineers. Architects can build their design in 3D and get a much better experience than designing with a mouse and keyboard.  

Masterpiece Update

As part of my masterpiece, I will be start posting blogs about tech worth noting. They will appear on my regular blog and can also be found under the "Tech" tab.

WHAT'S THE STORY?

I think Dickens wrote the novel to portray how at first look, social class and wealth can seem very important, but the real importance in life isn't just that. The process of trying to improve your personal qualities and forming great relationships are more important than your wealth or social standing. Pip constantly fantasized of a better self, and did many things to try and realize that. He learned how to read from Mr. Wopsle. “But, at last I began, in a purblind groping way, to read, write, and cipher, on the very smallest scale. “ In the beginning of the story, Pip uses colloquial language of his time period. As his character grew, he began to use more formal language and vocabulary, He also develops to start realizing his surroundings more. “As I had grown accustomed to my expectations, I had insensibly begun to notice their effect upon myself and those around me. “ Pip starts to reflect more on himself and on others like Estella.

Lit Terms 3 Remix

exposition - introduces background information about events, settings, characters etc


expressionism - modernist movement originating in Germany that presents the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas.


fable - a fictional story where non human elements are personified to tell a moral 


fallacy - faulty reasoning; misleading or unsound argument


falling action - occurs after climax has been resolved


farce - a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations

figurative language - using language to compare one element to another


flashback - an interruption of the chronological sequence (as of a film or literary work) of an event of earlier occurrence


foil - a character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character with the objective to highlight the traits of the other character


folk tale - a story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth

foreshadowing - a warning or indication of a future event


free verse - poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

genre - a category of literary composition determined by literary technique, tone, or content

gothic tale - literature that combines fiction, horror and Romanticism


hyperbole - exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally


imagery - visually descriptive or figurative language

implication - the conclusion that can be drawn from something, although it is not explicitly stated in the story

incongruity - something that doesn't fit in its location or situation


inference - a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning


irony - opposite of what is expected