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The New York times released an editorial about how virtual reality will become the next big thing. The editorial is built of three different people's opinions, and all of them argue that virtual reality is the best medium for connecting with people. This argument is effective because of the personal anecdotes that are included by each person. The first person's article was about her personal creation of a virtual reality involving bison. She described what it was like to see the bison running at her, and hear them as if she was standing in the middle of the pack. She described how she cared about bison in a way she never had before, because she felt like she was personally interacting with them. Virtual reality allowed her to feel like she was in the pack of bison as well. The second article is a personal experience from someone who experienced virtual reality through virtual reality goggles. The goggles put them in a scene where they felt like they were in a bar witnessing a bar fight. The participant described feeling real fear and concern and even tried to break it up. The virtual reality created a different feeling than what a recording of a bar fight could simply do. The third example was written by someone who was part of making a virtual reality movie about a survivor of Ebola. She described her experience as being the only way to tell this story, because it was the only way that viewers would be able to live her experience. All three of these stories are why the argument is so effective because it describes how virtual reality allows people to live an experience that they are not.