This past Wednesday was my first time really experiencing virtual reality.  I, like many others, have watched 360 videos on my phone.  I have also used the interactive VR wall that is in Newhouse, just outside the VR lab. I had no idea, though, in all of the times that I had passed that wall that just around the corner was a whole other universe that I didn't even realize we had access to.

The first thing I tried when I went into the Innovation Lab was the Google Cardboard.  For me, the Google Cardboard gave me a headache, I don't know if it was because I wasn't wearing my glasses or maybe the phone wasn't in quite right, but this one was probably my least favorite.

My favorite thing that I tried was, without a doubt, the Oculus Rift. I was able to pick things up and put them down, and really interact with the environment around me; not to mention, I could see my own hands.  I was completely transported into this alternate universe.

I can't wait to start spending more time in the innovation lab and exploring these different types of virtual reality.