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- (Finebros) So today you are not reacting to a video.
- Okay, I can deal with that.
- What am I gonna do then?
- (Finebros) Instead, you're gonna be reacting to this.
- Oh.
- Oh my goodness! Oh, wait.
- It's like a goggle?
- Whoa, this is some type of virtual reality stuff, isn't it?
- That is not what I did before.
- This is like the what-you-call-it, the Oculus Rift?
- (Finebros) So this is called the HTC Vive
and it's a new virtual reality device. - Cool. I love it.
I want to see this.
- (Finebros) And some say it takes virtual reality to the next level.
- I'm excited.
- (childishly) Can I put it on? Can I put it on?
- (Finebros) All right, are you ready to stand up and give it a shot?
- Stand up? Well, that's a tough shot right there!
- I am old, so you're not gonna scare the hell outta me, are you?
- This is gonna be strange and different, but hey-- no guts, no glory.
- (Finebros) So we're gonna set you up and explain how to use it
and just throw you in. Are you ready?
- I guess so. (laughing) This should be different.
What do I do?
- I guess I need to take my hair down.
- (Finebros) How does it feel to be in the virtual reality world?
- It's, uh... am I still in this room?
- I feel a little off-balance.
- Wow, that looks like the universe.
- Even this thing's 3D! These are 3D. Woo-hoo-hoo!
- You can go all the way around in this puppy? You can!
Oh my goodness!
- That is absolutely staggering.
- (Finebros) So the first game you're gonna be playing
is called Tilt Brush, which lets you paint in a 3D space.
- Oh, wow!
- I love to paint.
- I'm not a painter, but we'll give it a shot.
- (Finebros) Using the controller in your right hand,
you can control the paint brush and draw whatever you want.
- Hold it up like that?
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- (intrigued) Oh.
- Right now, I am doing a head.
- I am drawing a heart with an arrow in it.
- I used to be a school psychologist.
If I had to grade this, IQ zero.
- I'm doin' my name.
Pssssh! Oh-ho-ho!
- This is so cool. I love it.
- It's like I could touch it.
It's not flat. It's three dimensional.
- (Finebros) Something really cool is once you're done painting,
you can fully walk around it and see it from all different angles.
- You're kidding.
- Awesome! (laughing)
- This is a lot of fun.
It's not just for kids. It's for anyone.
- I'm inside the painting.
I'm on the other side of the painting.
- Holy crap! The things they could do with this.
- I absolutely know I'm gonna dream about this tonight.
- (Finebros) Okay, time to move on to the next game.
- Okay.
- This has to be the gift of the year.
- (Finebros) Welcome to Robot Repair!
- A whole new world here.
- Unbelievable! Security camera, hi!
- (Finebros) So go over to that garage and pull on the red lever.
- To the doors?
- But there is no lever-- (chuckling)
I can't pull something that's not even there!
(robotic whirring noise) - There it goes.
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- Ah, there's a weird robot!
(electricity crackles)
- Oh shit!
- (squealing anxiously)
How do you stop it?!
- It doesn't look safe. I might have to zap him.
- Get out of my way!
- Oh, disabled. Is he disabled?
- This is going so high-tech.
Boy, can you think of the brains that went into putting this together?
- My brain is saying if you reach out with your hand
and touch this, you will touch a cold, white metal.
(in awe) It's unbelievable.
(robot winds down)
- (Finebros) If you grab the yellow circle, you can spin it.
- Oh, okay.
(alarm blares) (recording) Stop. 15 seconds.
- How do I-- just do this?
- I see a bunch of little gadgets.
(parts clatter) (spring boings)
- Holy shit!
- Whoop! What did I do?
- Oh my god! Everything fell apart. I ruined everything.
Ah-hah! Ah, the floor is falling!
- Whoa! Whoa!
- Look at the distance down there.
- That's very deep. Can I fall in there? No.
It's not real. (laughing)
(electricity crackles) - Uh-oh! (whimpering)
Oh! I'm so sorry.
- (AI) What kind of robot can't handle the simplest...
- Okay, now with this guy, he's pointing at me.
- Oh! Here's another one. - (AI) Oh, it's you.
- It's me.
- Oh my god!!
- What do you want up there?
- (AI) Congratulations on your quota-filling promotion, by the way.
You've opened all our eyes to what humans can achieve
when you put... - Well, it's only my first time here.
- My hands are absolutely sweating.
Oh my god!
- (Finebros) You can turn around. The game is done.
- Oh!
- (Finebros) What did you think?
- I-I don't even know what to say 'cause this is just so cool.
- It's really fun.
It's very expansive to a very limited mind. (laughing)
- I really had a fear that they were gonna take the floor from underneath me.
I almost fell into the thinking it was reality.
- (Finebros) For your final experience, you'll be playing the shooter game,
The Brookhaven Experiment, where your controller is a gun
and you'll need to fight off zombies. - Zombies?!
- (laughing) Right up my alley.
- Cool, I like this.
This is like a Saturday night special.
- Come on! Come to the Rocky.
I got somethin' for ya!
- Oh, this is like Five Nights at Freddy's.
- Where are the zombies?
- Ooh, look at that!
Oh god, there's a-- it's like a... is it called a sarcopha--
aaaaaaah!
Here comes something. Ah!
(gun shot)
(gun shots)
(whimpering) (gun shots)
- (laughing) Oh shit.
- Oh dear god, they're coming everywhere.
- You! You! You! In your head! Ah!
Bite that.
(gun shot) - Ahhh!
Goddamn it.
No, okay, I can't do it anymore.
(gun shot) (player groans)
(gun shot) - Get off.
- Oh. Oy.
(gun shot) (zombies moan)
(gun shots)
- Well, I'm doing great.
- You're trying to reach in here for me, you ass hole!
- Oh, there's a lot of them!
(gun shot)
(laughing) I died.
(gun shots) - How's that?
I blew your stinking head off!
(zombie moans) - Ah ha ha ha!
In your-- (bullet chamber clicks)
Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!
Take that! I'll shove this down your throat!
(zombie yelps) (laughing)
I think I'm out of ammo.
(blasting gun) - (laughing) Shit!
(laughing) (gun blasts)
(breathlessly) Oh shi--- (laughing).
Wait a minute. It's not done?
(laughing)
This is very intense.
I don't even know what direction I'm in.
- (Finebros) Okay, let's take it off.
(sighs)
- Wow!
- As a senior, our balance does change.
I felt a little unsteady.
- The first video game I remember is Pong, you know,
and you were very much separate from the game,
and this is you... there's no separation.
- (Finebros) So what are your final thoughts after experiencing
the HTC Vive? - I thought it was really cool.
- It literally took my breath away.
- It's like you're there. You're there!
It's un[bleep] real!
- My stomach is a little unsettled from it.
- My heart, it's just pounding right now.
I'm breathing hard!
- It simulates reality to where it fools your senses.
- I grew up in South America, didn't see TV til I was 18.
So even that was exciting.
And this, you know, TV was a flat thing in front of you
in grey and white, right?
And now you have this amazing world that you'd walk into.
- To watch technology grow from the '70s on
and things get smaller and things get clearer,
it's like a fantasy come true.
- Thanks for watching this episode of Elders React.
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- Let us know in the comments what technology we should react to next.
- Goodbye!
(glumly) Time to get back to reality.
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