On Monday the 14th of March 2016, Dr Wen Tang of Creative Technology Department, Faculty of Science and Technology has given an interview on Radio Wimborne talking about Virtual Reality and Games. The interview was a featured programme in Tammy and Ben’s Wimborne Magazine programme featuring ‘Geek Week’.
The 18 minutes interview discussed the impact of virtual reality and games technologies to our everyday life. The fast advent of technological development in computer graphics hardware and software technologies has led the rapid expansion and acceptance of virtual reality and computer games into our everyday lives. Dr Tang has also discussed the use of digital gaming in non-leisure contexts such as military training and education.











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