My Virtual Reality (VR) targets high school seniors who are interested in smaller universities like Stevenson. My VR allow viewers to tour Stevenson’s common areas such as the dorms, game room, dining hall and classrooms. The viewers will control everything with their eyes when choosing their desired major. Viewer will walk the Dell family pathway and feel like a true Mustang. My VR will allow viewers an opportunity to explore outside of their comfort zones and gain an insight of their desired university no matter their distance.
Larger schools of the name Yale, Harvard and Johns Hopkins are well known around the world and they have the opportunity for you to travel through a VR to tour their campus through a company called YouVist. YouVisit was founded in 2010 by Abi Mandelbaum, Taher Baderkhan, and Endri Tolka with the mission to use VR and virtual experiences to inspire real-life exploration (YouVist Our Company Story). This is a great tool however smaller schools like Stevenson, Bowie and Morgan does not. This VR allows the smaller schools to show off their assets not only through pictures and the official website but the viewer can be the judge of how they feel about the campus.
By personal experience I was interested in Bethune Cookman University but I did not have the opportunity to tour because of the distance from Maryland to Florida. Touring was an important part about my decision making because I wanted to be comfortable in the environment of my choosing, without that factor I did not have anything to base my decision for that school. If I personally had an opportunity to use a VR stimulation of a campus tour of Bethune Cookman that would have better allowed me to decide on a school.
High school seniors who are around the world looking to explore outside of their neighborhoods will have that opportunity and not have to make a risk on whether they are interested in a school or not depending on their first and final visit to move in. This VR will be benifical to many teengagers that are thinking about furthering their education outside of their area.