During my NY Vr experience I decided to focus on “Notes on Blindness”. From beginning to end I was pretty excited to see what was in store, and what new things I might discover.
There are many disabilities that a lot of people around us battle with on a daily, maybe more than we’ve actually noticed. Most of these disabilities are not showed the amount of attention they deserve nor are they taken that serious.
My experience wasn’t everything I expected, but it was still pretty interesting. Almost immediately I found myself a bit confused as to what was going on. The more I listened to the narrative of the man speaking things started to make more sense.
What I found to be most challenging was having the ability to take in all of the many sounds that you hear around you without any visual. I found it interesting that the man speaking could say exact where each sound was coming from when it came to giving directions.
In a way I enjoyed just listening to the many sounds, it was quite peaceful. I feel as though it makes you think harder, which could be a good thing.
Interviewing a person with a disability might become easier after experiencing something like this. Instead of not really having an idea on how to go about it that all changes because of the VR experience. You are able to be more relatable when asking questions.
The way you view a person with a disability might change for the better once you become more informed on the issue. If I could ask one thing while interviewing it would be how is it taking in so many sounds from your surrounding at once all of the time and being able to distinguish them.
