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Week Four


Our first meeting was in a mocked up British town of some kind. Only four of the group were able to attend as two people were busy, it proved more difficult than I thought it would be to gather the six of us. Once we were together we began to brainstorm ideas. We talked a little bit about what sort of careers that we could look at or what sort of area or industry would be interesting to look into more. Construction was one option, and the idea of machinery that can lay bricks or 3D printed houses was considered. In the end an idea about shopping in the future was put forward which seemed to interest people more. Pascal shared a link to a video of VR shopping in China that he had seen. It was a concept where people could go to a virtual shop, walk around it and even try on clothes. It was an idea that I could see manifesting in the near future that could change the way that we shop. For many goods this would be inappropriate and even for clothes shopping, people like to touch and feel the clothes. However, for many people the main issue with buying clothes online is that the do not know if the size will be right or if it will suit them. In the future though, if a shopper was in the virtual shop as an accurate avatar of their body, then they could try on clothes in a mirror like in real life, purchase online, and have it delivered. We liked this idea so finished up the meeting, asked the rest of the group via message if they were okay going with it and everyone seemed happy so we decided to run with it.

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