VR & ADHD

When I was in 4th grade, I attended a birthday party at the arcade on the UC Berkeley campus. This arcade housed a technological marvel that would change entertainment as we know it: virtual reality!

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The massive helmet, the boxy computer graphics… it was every kid’s dream! The future is now!

Then it just kind of went away. What happened to the future?

Finally, a few decades later, virtual reality is reemerging, and it’s actually pretty cool. It doesn’t feel mainstream yet, but it’s getting closer, and I’ll take any opportunity I can to relive the childhood excitement that came from playing VR at that arcade in the 90’s.

Which brings me to this week’s story: A study at UC Davis that’s examining if virtual reality can be used to train kids with ADHD to pay attention in class. It’s no Dactyl Nightmare, but I think it’s pretty cool.

Match Day Madness

Match Day is a big day in medical school. All the fourth year students find out where they’ll be going for their residency, and they do it by making everyone across the country open their envelopes at exactly the same time. It was a fun event that was a bit of a challenge to shoot (had to recruit some iPhone shooters to catch reactions) and it had to be turned quickly the same day. Here’s what I came up with: