{"id":1950,"date":"2014-03-27T04:50:46","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T08:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/?p=1950"},"modified":"2014-03-27T04:52:45","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T08:52:45","slug":"oculus-bedtime-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/blog\/oculus-bedtime-story\/","title":{"rendered":"An Oculus Bedtime Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2048\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2048\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2048\" alt=\"Photo: The Verge\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/setup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/oculus-bedtime.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/setup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/oculus-bedtime.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/setup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/oculus-bedtime-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/setup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/oculus-bedtime-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/setup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/oculus-bedtime-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/setup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/oculus-bedtime-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/setup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/oculus-bedtime-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/setup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/oculus-bedtime-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: <a title=\"From Kickstarter to Facebook: the full Oculus Rift story\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/1\/11\/3867146\/oculus-rift\" target=\"_blank\">The Verge<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\n::selection {color:white;background:#328EFD;} a.one:link { color: blue; text-decoration: none } a.one:active { color: red; text-decoration: none } a.one:visited { color: blue; text-decoration: none } a.one:hover { color: red; text-decoration: underline } a.one::selection {color:red;background:yellow;} a.two:link { color: blue; text-decoration: none } a.two:active { color: red; text-decoration: none } a.two:visited { color: blue; text-decoration: none } a.two:hover { color: white; text-decoration: underline } a.two::selection {color:yellow;background:green;} a.whitetext::selection {color:black;background:green;} a.hidden:link { color: red; text-decoration: none } a.hidden:active { color: white; text-decoration: none } a.hidden:visited { color: white; text-decoration: none } a.hidden:hover { color: white; text-decoration: none}\n--><\/style>\n<p>\u201cMommy, will you show me a bedtime story?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, dear. Now get ready for bed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charlie hops into bed, pulling the comforter tight over his little body. Wiggling his toes beneath the sheets in anticipation.<\/p>\n<p>Mommy opens the closet door and takes the small black headset off of the top shelf, carefully fitting it over Charlie\u2019s tiny head before kissing him gently on the forehead. She takes a step back, regarding her little man one last time before hitting the light switch. <!--more The soft throbbing glow from the headset fills the room as Charlie lays back in bed.-->The soft throbbing glow from the headset fills the room as Charlie lays back in bed.<\/p>\n<p>She closes the door, leaving him to it.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Charlie\u2019s heading down into a cave.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s been an accident of some kind, with panic and frenzy all around him as people rush out of the cave\u2019s mouth. Charlie isn\u2019t scared \u2013 in this world, he\u2019s six feet tall and brawny. It\u2019s a familiar story.<\/p>\n<p>He grabs a fleeing civilian, terrified for his life. \u201cWhat happened here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know! It was just a tour of the deep cavern \u2013 then there was an explosion! People talking about diamonds, jewels\u2026 I have to get out of here!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The man races away into the safety of the woods as the recall videos start playing. In the top left of the VR screen, a brief scene shows Charlie&#8217;s avatar looking at a framed picture of someone as he looks worried. In the top right, his avatar eyes a photo of glittering jewels with a greedy gaze.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first choice of the game. Charlie considers his options carefully.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: white;\" name=\"testiframe1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/twine\/post71\/choices.html\" height=\"1140\" width=\"650\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMommy, will you show me a bedtime story?\u201d \u201cYes, dear. Now get ready for bed.\u201d Charlie hops into bed, pulling the comforter tight over his little body. Wiggling his toes beneath the sheets in anticipation. Mommy opens the closet door &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/blog\/oculus-bedtime-story\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An Oculus Bedtime Story<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,25,5],"tags":[193,184,49,47],"class_list":["post-1950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-future","category-game-design","tag-culture","tag-facebook","tag-oculus-rift","tag-virtual-reality"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2051,"href":"https:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950\/revisions\/2051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dashjump.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}