Classmate Blog Critique

During class when I hear others talk about the work they have done over the past week on their blogs, there are always at least to people to me. Those people are Justice Seymour http://seymourjusticeagain.blogspot.com/ and  Forest Pierce http://fnpierce1989.blogspot.com/. Maybe it is because of their differing views and topics from the rest of the class, maybe I am just secretly longing to know more about Japanese film and the Leftovers, either way, they have two of my favorite blogs to read in class.

Some similarities between my blog and Pierce's own can be seen in the Predictions assignment. Here I talk about Ready Player One and VR http://joshturnersaudirectedstudytwo.blogspot.com/2018/04/predictions.html Pierce also discusses Ready Player One and VR http://fnpierce1989.blogspot.com/2018/04/predictions.html. We both discussed the various headsets as well as the Virtuix Omni treadmill like system some. Here pierce is very articulate and focuses in on some of the problems of VR saying,
 
"One flaw in the idea of virtual reality is, even though the visuals have improved tremendously; we cannot stay in the virtual world long. Actor and screenwriter Simon Pegg (who is also in Ready Player One) mentions in an interview with Stephen Colbert (at the 6:18 mark) that currently, people get sick while playing virtual reality games too long. The reason for this being, if you perceive movement but your body is stationary, the human brain believes it has been poisoned. In Ready Player One, the player uses a treadmill that keeps them in place, while allowing them to run around freely in the virtual world. Today, there are already companies who are developing treadmill systems very similar to the ones seen in Ready Player One. Virtuix Omni is one company that is at the forefront of this kind of technology; you can see a demonstration here and the promotional trailer for the product here.
            In short, the technology in Ready Player One is closer to science reality instead of science fiction. Indeed, much of the technology seen in the film is available today; just in an imperfect form. The question is, how long until this technology becomes standard like televisions and cell phones? Only time will tell."

Pierce also mentioned Sony's Playstation VR which I left out. Overall his writing was great and he discusses relevant topics that some others may not think of. It does help that we both have interest in things such as Japanese movies and Television.

I have always loved Seymour's writing as he has just the right amount of comedy in his criticism. His writing is always well done and he seems grammatically knowledgeable. When it comes to the Predictions, he too talked about VR and Ready Player One, but not without first discussing the future of television. My biggest issue with it is that he discussed current streaming services deals more than where it might be going. http://seymourjusticeagain.blogspot.com/2018/04/8-predictions.html

He then went on to discuss VR and AR and how all of this together could be the future of technology. He dis well overall I think the best thing he said was at the end though, "There have also been discussions about how hard it would be to tie a narrative to VR, but, by attempting to fuse all of these platforms, something pretty neat can be made that will change entertainment forever."

This shows how he recognizes how all this will change entertainment in the future.

Both Pierce and Seymour have a good idea of what is going on in the technology industries and where they are headed. I would keep up with them and consider their opinions in the future if you are looking for someone to work with and help predict news and joutrnalism in the industries.