Wade Wilson

Information Literacy
1.Summary
The Oculus company after much time spent in the development has advanced their consumer
virtual reality prototype technology. At a conference the latest simulation for the prototype was
demonstrated ''Crescent Bay'' which allows the user to explore a virtual yet seamless environment.
At this point in time there are 1 environments to choose from!some fully functioning and populated
with thrilling scenarios such as standing on a "uildings edge or "eing approached "y a T#$ex. The
technology has advanced far from previous stages contri"uting to an extremely immersive
experience.
%espite the impressive results and upgraded audio and visual &uality of the $ift virtual reality
prototype the Oculus company claims its still not ready to "e commercially released to consumers
yet ! "ut is in a good place with the to "eing on its way in the future.
'.Search engines used were Bing and (ahoo
Bing )eywords# ''oculus rift virtual reality'' results within this month
(ahoo )eywords#''oculus rift'' past month
#"oth engines delivered servicea"le results in fair amount of time!aside from specifying the time
frame to meet the topics re&uirements the results were found essentially on the first page that came
up for "oth. Bing provided a descriptive article on what exactly the prototype was and how its
advanced. (ahoo provided an article examining the educational applications of the prototype. Bing's
results were slightly closer to the topic at hand and more useful.
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Time# Septem"er '+th '+1, at -.++pm
$elevance# a"out recent development in the technology that is virtual reality
Authority#/ichael 0orman is the writer !he is a college graduate and liscensed attorney!assaide
from that not much &ualification
Accurate#he was a"le to use the technology 1st hand when it was demonstrated "ut aside from his
word nothing too concrete
*urpose#was written to descri"e the technology from a 1st hand perspective!inform and a fairly
o"1ective and fair criti&ue of the device
,.Scholarly 2ournals
#%ata"ases3)eywords used.
Access Science #used "ecause it provided results more directly than the other data"ases
and providing result related closer to the topic at hand
4.
#the internet articles proved more relevant and specified to the topic of the rift virtual reality technology more than
the 1ournals which were "rooder on the su"1ect of virtual reality itself.Wired.com. Conde 5ast %igital! '+ Sept. 1,.
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7.Citations
Ba)er! /. *auline. 89irtual $eality.: AccessScience. /c0raw#;ill <ducation! '+1,. 6e". '- Sept. '+1,.
0orman! /ichael. =5ew Oculus $ift *rototype Brings out the Best in 9irtual $eality.=Engadget. '+ Sept. '+1,.
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$u"in! *eter. =Oculus' /ind#Blowing 5ew *rototype >s a ;uge Step Toward Consumer 9$ ? 6>$<%.=
Shin! @aura. =Oculus $ift in the Classroom. >mmersive <ducation's next @evel ? A%5et.=ZDNet. '7 Sept. '+1,.
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To)uta! Alade O. 8Computer 0raphics.: AccessScience. /c0raw#;ill <ducation! '+1,. 6e". '- Sept. '+1,.