Wednesday, May 4, 2016

The Next New Thing

 Alibaba's Taobao announced they will using virtual reality technology to make a new way to shop online in China. I think it is a "new media" coming soon. Consumers can wear special goggles to break time and space contstraints to casually stroll around the mall in the world. They can try all kinds of goods by using VR technology to restore the real scene when they shopping. For example, when you are at home, after wearing special goggles to enter Taobao website, you can choose to go to New York's fifth Avenue or you can choose the British retro market. Additionally, when consumers choose a sofa in a virtual environment, but you can see directly sofa at home, and look at the size of the color is appropriate.When I hear this announcement, I felt unbelievable. However, I believe the stronger technology, the more newly media coming.

6 comments:

  1. I agree Shan, Alibaba is known for creating products for ridiculously cheap and making it available for everyone around the world.Virtual reality is a technology that we have never seen therefore marking a dawn of a new media. well written post!

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  2. thanks for your comment. I think we will have better future about our tech skill.

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  3. I think VR may be the next big thing. Seeing how things look on you or in your home is always better than buying it and returning it. It does really save a lot of time.

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  4. Wow, that sounds incredible. I imagine there would be a lot of kinks and glitches that will come with the technology upon release, but once they get the hang of it, it could really be transcendent!

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  5. I think this is amazing. There are so many applications for this new technology. One example could be for people that cannot travel due to disabilities to go to the places that they always wanted to go.

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