What the challenge is of art galleries
from my point of view as an artist or observing artist, is that art galleries only have limited places,
right?
I don't know if anyone here runs a gallery you could tell me, but my guess is you can
put five or ten artists in a gallery every year, maybe it's 20.
But it is limited and so the thought was how could we use virtual reality to completely
break through that limitation.
It's amazing, even though you're standing still I felt like I was moving.
I would see art down the hall and start to step that way and then realize I just need
to press a button and you were just transported there.
It was incredible to be able to switch and see different artists.
The whole idea of this place is to help you see artists you may not normally see people
who you might not be able to see in your local gallery and this of course is a global virtual
reality space.
It was awesome.
It honestly blew my mind.
It's a very clean, serene place just exactly how I like a gallery to be and uhm.. there's
just so impressive that I could just move and like experience each artwork so I really
like that.
I didn't have to physically move I just put myself in front of whatever artwork I wanted
I couldn't believe the full-body sensation of the experience I couldn't believe that
I could really feel like I was standing in a space.
So to me that was the most compelling thing about the first moments of trying that.
I was just in shock, I was not expecting what I found, my mind my wheels are spinning and
I'm thinking this is amazing!
That felt so real.
It has definitely a neat experience in getting to circulate through artwork just by selecting
it.
It was really nice to see the artwork from a distance and then close up.
It was great to be able to get move in and look at the details.
It really allows you to get a good taste of whatever art you might be
looking at or whatever space you're in and it's an instant experience so
it's really nice.
Very cool, you know.
You go into this virtual reality space and to know that it's interactive and you can
play with the things on the wall and you can change.
Click a button to move around yourself, choose your own space within that space.
Very interesting technology and there's even you can put pointers on the images and it
pulls up the website directly where you can purchase.
So it's a true virtual gallery.
It's unique, it's nothing I've ever seen before and it's kind of inspiring to know, you know,
the possibilities.
I immediately thought it had endless possibilities for purchasing
purchasing online people basically taking that step to liking something in virtual and
taking that next step and bring it into their home.
An actual prints or piece they've found.
Most of the stuff that I do and I'm sure my generation does, is all digital and online,
so if you can make super sweet like fun application, we can also purchase
artwork, I think that would definitely like expand how much artwork is
being purchased and like how people are buying.
I loved it!
I definitely would do it all over again.
That was my immediate feeling but I want to be a part of this.
It was a wow!
A wow moment of just okay I'm in a new place.
I had never used the VR technology before and this was something that's clearly new.
I didn't really know how it was gonna work or where I was gonna go but it was definitely
a wow.
Like what Tim said I think this is where we're going so it's really great to be able to experience
it now at the early stages that I feel like it's on its way to being the way that we all
experience this.
I can see this being amazing for artists as far as having their own galleries even down
the road I hope.
It's futuristic, yes!
It's awesome.
It's inspiring.
It's educational and it's hopeful.
I mean, I think that this technology can bring so many new ways of seeing art, to us.