ELDERS REACT TO OCULUS RIFT

♪ (ragtime music) ♪ (Finebros) This time, we won't show you a video. Well. (Finebros) Instead, you're going to

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to this. Oh no. My God. I'm not going to electrocute myself, am I? A diving mask? Something you would have in a war situation. It's a space mask, I don't know, or something used for the Ebola crisis. When I was a kid we had something like this, you could just turn it and it would always change to something different. This could be some kind of hypnotic mind control thing you're going to try to apply to me. I may not like it.

Something you wear and watch a movie? It might be 3-D virtual reality with these glasses. (Finebros) You are on the right path. What you have in your hand is called the Oculus Rift. That? The crack. - (Finebros) Have you ever heard of him? - Never in my life. I never heard it. No. I've heard the name. I did not know what it was. I thought it was a rock band. (Finebros) It's actually a virtual reality device. Oh. (Finebros) You use it and you feel like you are in other places and you can play video games on it.

Oh, so we've come this far. I knew they would come. I wondered when the full-sized naked woman would jump out and hug me. (laughs) (Finebros) So let's try it. Go ahead and put it on. (nervous) Okay. This messes up my hair. (Finebros) We will place you in a villa in Tuscany. - Oh, how wonderful. Thank you. - (Finebros) So go ahead. Look around. - Oh my god, this is amazing. Oh, that's amazing. This is great, man. I like this. It's everywhere. It's like you're there. It seems a bit artificial. Oh, it's 360. Wow. Oh hello. I like it, guys. (laughing) Oh, honey. (Finebros) Okay, now we will control it and take you to this house. - Well.

Oh my. Walk without using your feet. - (in-game: birds singing) - Wow, this is cool, man. Wow. A little dizzy. Wow. (screams in fear) Wow, that's amazing! (laughs) Hello, nice house. Oh, even the ceilings are there. Wow. I want to live here. It doesn't seem entirely real. That's a little scary. Oh. (laughing) I'm going to hit the wall. Damn, this is great. In fact, it gives you that feeling of movement. This could cause vertigo. Okay, now I'm getting dizzy. - Oh, wow, sorry. - (Finebros) Okay. I get dizzy, so you don't want me to throw up here.

That's spectacular. Oh! My lake! Oh. What a beautiful setting! Is George Clooney's house nearby? Beautiful. The sky seems very real. Oh. It's very nice out here. I mean, it all seems so fake, but it's beautiful. (Finebros) Great. Okay, now let's... go to a theme park. - Ah OK. Oh God, you better not put me on a roller coaster; I'm going to vomit. - (in-game: loud ride) - You put me on a fucking roller coaster. I happen to love roller coasters. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm really afraid of heights. This is higher than the cyclone.

Oh. Oh, wow. No. - Oh God, oh God, oh God. - (Finebros) But it's not real. Uh, my stomach doesn't know. Now, this feels like you're really on a roller coaster. My God. I have a suspicion that we are going to have a rapid decline. Well, here we go. Uh-oh, I'm closing my eyes now. No, there is no way. (shakily) Oh, oh. Let's not do this. Oh. Oh no. Hahaha. Oh. It's making me nauseous. (screams) Oh my God, that makes you sick to your stomach! No, no, no, no... (horrifyingly) No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! (roller coaster rattle) Man, this feels like you're really on a ride.

Ha ha ha! (imitates spins) This is unreal. Oh! What happened? Uh oh. Now I'm on death row. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TRACKS? (loud laughter) We just went off the tracks! There were no footprints! - Bleh. - (Finebros laughter) Ugh. I really got dizzy and a little nauseous from that. Literally, the heart beats, boom-boom-boom-boom-boom. (Finebros) We're going to load a program where you're just sitting in a room, where you can look around. Well, that's a good idea. Oh, I'm watching TV. (TV goes static) Uh-oh. Oh, the television is turning off. (weak, whispery voice) I see you. Oh my god, that's creepy. (whispering voice) I see you.

Ah! (laughs) She sees me! - (knock on the door) - Oh. Someone is knocking at the door. I won't let you in. If I don't let you in, you won't be able to do anything to me. No, I don't want to... aah. - (in the game: scary laughter) - I have a little person who laughs. Oh hello! Oh, I know you. What, this is Chucky? Um, I'd like to go home now, please. Oh. Oh. Oh, what do we have here? My God. Was anyone hanged? (gasps) Oh. Oh. Oh, I hate this. I hate this. - (in-game: ominous hum) - Oh, blood on the ceiling. (in-game: ominous humming and faint sobbing) Some Charles Manson stuff. "Kill you!

Kill you!" in blood (in the game: clinking objects, helpless moans) - (shot) - Oh! I do not like this. - (shot) - Aah! I just shot myself. I'm dead. "Thanks for playing." What was he playing? Great sound effects. Finished? Can I take this off? This is the most damned thing I've ever seen in my life, man. It was great. (clicks on film reel) (Finebros) So what are his first thoughts after experiencing this technology? It is very close to reality. It can be quite scary. When it comes to things like this, I'm a caveman. I'm impressed with the technology, but someone else can buy it.

I think it will be something tremendous. I would use it. I can see that it's like a couple steps away from where you would absolutely think it is in this world. It is very impressive. How do they put this...? How do they put this here? (Finebros) So, this device is used for fun experiences and video games. But they are also developing technology for surgeons to use to simulate surgery, for NASA on trips to outer space. - What do you think about that? - I think that's pretty surprising. Well, it would certainly be a real workout. I mean, you'd feel like you were in outer space.

I see many applications for it that would be very good. I see others that could drive a person completely crazy. (Finebros) If virtual reality technology gets better and better, now that you see it's come this far, what do you think about what that might mean? People would probably get hooked on this like they would get on everything else. I think it's bad for the kids, because they don't do anything like they do now. It's very easy to manage a group of people this way, isn't it? 1984. We have creative minds; We just have to take advantage of it.

And that's what this does. There are good and bad. Sick people, housebound people or elderly people... they could go anywhere in the world or universe. They could tour museums and it would be like they were really there, which would be wonderful. On the other hand, it's like now with tweets and all that, we are losing interpersonal relationships. (Finebros) Did you ever imagine that technology would reach this point? - No idea. Never. I just thought computers were amazing. (Finebros) Now that you are experiencing something you felt you would never experience, how do you feel? - It feels great.

It's very exciting actually. I like it. Going from a rotary phone to a black and white TV, without a remote control or computers, was a profound experience for someone my age. And I actually almost feel like crying, because it's just overwhelming. Thanks for watching Elders React. If you want to see older people play more video games, you should subscribe to the React channel. Beam Me Up Scotty! (imitates chirps and poof) ♪ (ragtime music) ♪