Assignment Task: Virtual reality (VR)
Question 1: Who created and designed this technology? What are the demographics of the creators? Use at least one reliable resource about inventors, designers, programmers, planners or the company to answer this question. Also, if appropriate, consider if there is a contested history about who invented the artifact
Question 2: Provide a very brief history of this technology. How long has it been around? What significant changes has it gone through over the years?
Question 3: According to observations of this technology in its context, who uses, depends on or interacts with this technology the most? Who uses, interacts or depends on it the least? Who never uses, interacts or depends on it or does not have easy access to it? Why?
Question 4: Based on observations of this technology in its environment, who seems to benefit from this technology the most? Who might have difficulty benefitting from it and why? What kinds of built-in biases might this technology have due to who benefits from it?
Question 5: Briefly describe one possible change to the design, location, programming or planning of this technology that could change who uses it and/or who can benefit from it.