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- (Finebros) So today, you are not reacting to a video.
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- Okay, I can deal with that.
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- What am I gonna do then?
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- (Finebros) Instead, you're gonna be reacting to this.
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- Oh.
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- Oh my goodness! Oh, wait.
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- It's like a goggle?
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- Whoa, this is some type of virtual reality stuff, isn't it?
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- That is not what I did before.
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- This is like the what-you-call-it, the Oculus Rift?
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- (Finebros) So this is called the HTC Vive
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and it's a new virtual reality device. - Cool. I love it.
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I want to see this.
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- (Finebros) And some say it takes virtual reality to the next level.
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- I'm excited.
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- Can I put it on? Can I put it on?
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- (Finebros) All right, are you ready to stand up and give it a shot?
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- Stand up? Well, that's a tough shot right there!
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- I am old, so you're not gonna scare the hell outta me, are you?
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- This is gonna be strange and different, but hey-- no guts, no glory.
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- (Finebros) So we're gonna set you up and explain how to use it and just throw you in.
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Are you ready?
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- I guess so. (laughing) This should be different.
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What do I do?
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- I guess I need to take my hair down.
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- (Finebros) How does it feel to be in the virtual reality world?
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- It's, uh... am I still in the same room?
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- I feel a little off-balance.
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- Wow, that looks like the universe.
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- Even this thing's 3D! These are 3D. Woo-hoo-hoo!
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- You can go all the way around in this puppy? You can!
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Oh my goodness!
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- That is absolutely staggering.
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- (Finebros) So the first game you're gonna be playing
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is called Tilt Brush, which lets you paint in a 3D space.
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- Oh, wow!
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- I love to paint.
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- I'm not a painter, but we'll give it a shot.
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- (Finebros) Using the controller in your right hand,
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you can control the paint brush and draw whatever you want.
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- Hold it up like that?
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- Oh.
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- Right now, I am doing a head.
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- I am drawing a heart with an arrow in it.
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- I used to be a school psychologist.
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If I had to grade this, IQ zero.
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- I'm doin' my name.
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- This is so cool. I love it.
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- It's like I could touch it.
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It's not flat. It's three dimensional.
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- (Finebros) Something really cool is once you're done painting,
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you can fully walk around it and see it from all different angles.
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- You're kidding.
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- Awesome!
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- This is a lot of fun.
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It's not just for kids. It's for anyone.
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- I'm inside the painting.
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I'm on the other side of the painting.
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- Holy crap! The things they could do with this.
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- I absolutely know I'm gonna dream about this tonight.
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- (Finebros) Okay, time to move on to the next game.
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- Okay.
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- This has to be the gift of the year.
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- (Finebros) Welcome to Robot Repair!
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- A whole new world here.
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- Unbelievable! Security camera, hi!
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- (Finebros) So go over to that garage and pull on the red lever.
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- To the doors?
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- But there is no lever--
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I can't pull something that's not even there!
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-There it goes.
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- Ah, there's a weird robot!
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- Oh shit!
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How do you stop it?
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- It doesn't look friendly. I might have to zap him.
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- Get out of my way!
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- Oh, disabled. Is he disabled?
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- This is going so high-tech.
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Boy, can you think of the brains that went into putting this together?
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- My brain is saying if you reach out with your hand and touch this,
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you will touch a cold, white metal.
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It's unbelievable.
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- (Finebros) If you grab the yellow circle, you can spin it.
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- Oh, okay.
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Stop. 15 seconds.
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- How do I-- just do this?
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- I see a bunch of little gadgets.
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- Holy shit!
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- Whoop! What did I do?
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- Oh my god! Everything fell apart. I ruined everything.
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Ah-hah! Ah, the floor is falling!
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- Whoa! Whoa!
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- Look at the distance down there.
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- That's very deep. Can I fall in there? No.
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It's not real.
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- Uh-oh!
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Oh! I'm so sorry.
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- (AI) What kind of robot can't handle the simplest...
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- Okay, now what? This guy, he's pointing at me.
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- Oh! Here's another one. - (AI) Oh, it's you.
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- It's me.
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- Oh my god!!
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- What do you want up there?
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- (AI) Congratulations on your quota-filling promotion, by the way.
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You've opened all our eyes to what humans can achieve
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when you put... - Well, it's only my first time here.
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- My hands are absolutely sweating.
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Oh my god!
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- (Finebros) You can turn around. The game is done.
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- Oh!
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- (Finebros) What did you think?
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- I-I don't even know what to say 'cause this is just so cool.
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- Really fun.
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It's very expansive to a very limited mind. (laughing)
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- I really had a fear that they were gonna take the floor from underneath me.
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I almost fell into the thinking it was reality.
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- (Finebros) For your final experience, you'll be playing the shooter game,
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The Brookhaven Experiment, where your controller is a gun
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and you'll need to fight off zombies. - Zombies?!
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- Right up my alley.
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- Cool, I like this.
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This is like a Saturday night special.
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- Come on! Come to the Rocky.
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I got somethin' for ya!
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- Oh, this is like Five Nights at Freddy's.
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- Where are the zombies?
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- Ooh, look at that!
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Oh god, there's a-- it's like a... is it called a sarcopha--
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aaaaaaah!
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Here comes something.
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- (laughing) Oh shit.
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- Oh dear god, they're coming everywhere.
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- You! You! You! In your head! Ah!
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Bite that.
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Goddamn it.
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No, okay, I can't do it anymore.
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- Well, I'm doing great.
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- You're trying to reach in here for me, you asshole!
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- Oh, there's a lot of them!
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(I died.
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(gun shots) - How's that?
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I blew your stinking head off!
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(zombie moans) - Ah ha ha ha!
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In your-- (bullet chamber clicks)
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Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!
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Take that! I'll shove this down your throat!
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I think I'm out of ammo.
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(blasting gun) - (laughing) Shit!
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(breathlessly) Oh shi--- (laughing).
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Wait a minute. It's not done?
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This is very intense.
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I don't even know what direction I'm in.
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- (Finebros) Okay, let's take it off.
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- Wow!
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- As a senior, our balance does change.
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I felt a little unsteady.
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- The first video game I remember is Pong, you know,
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and you were very much separate from the game,
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and this is you... there's no separation.
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- (Finebros) So what are your final thoughts after experiencing
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the HTC Vive? - I thought it was really cool.
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- It literally took my breath away.
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- It's like you're there. You're there!
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It's so [bleep] real!
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- My stomach is a little unsettled from it.
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- My heart, it's just pounding right now.
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I'm breathing hard!
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- It simulates reality to where it fools your senses.
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- I grew up in South America, didn't see TV til I was 18.
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So even that was exciting.
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And this, you know, TV was a flat thing in front of you
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in grey and white, right?
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And now you have this amazing world that you'd walk into.
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- To watch technology grow from the '70s on
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and things get smaller and things get clearer,
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it's like a fantasy come true.
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- Thanks for watching this episode of Elders React.
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- Let us know in the comments what technology we should react to next.
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- Goodbye!
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(glumly) Time to get back to reality.
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