Get Zach Carlson (& family) a PSVR
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We, amazingly, have already exceeded $400 in donations. Some excess donations will go towards games/accessories, and the rest will be donated to a charity of the Carlson's family's choosing.
The original story is below:
Zach Carlson sent a letter to podcast Beyond Episode #464 (IGN's PlayStation Podcast), detailing how his autistic, legally blind brother was enamoured by VR, and he plans to save up to get him one for Christmas. Zach said, "He was so happy because he finally felt normal. After 25 years, my brother felt normal."
We thought we'd try to make that a reality, and take the burden of saving up for that hardware off of Zach's family.
Here's Zach's full story: I have two older brothers who are twins. They both suffer from many things, the most difficult for them is Autism. One cannot speak and the other is legally blind, they both have trouble walking and getting around, and they will never be able to live on their own due to the assistance that they require. My legally blind brother, Nick, and I have always played games together. He is in love with the Sly Cooper series. Games have always been hard for him, understandably.
I went down to the Windows store at the mall a couple months back to try the HTC Vive, it was my first experience with VR and I was blown away.
I instantly wanted my brother to try it and so I dragged him down to use it. He was in heaven, as was my mom who I brought to see it as well. The controls were very intuitive that he could make sense of them. He could see better than he can in real life, in 360 degrees!! It was honestly a new world for him! We played the spaceship game as well as the bow and arrow game in the Vive demo for reference. He understood all of them within a minute. He was so happy because he finally felt normal. After 25 years, my brother felt normal. It was amazing. I cannot put into words how great that feels. He was crushed when the demo ended and we have been back several times to use it since. We do not have the money to get a super good computer or for a HTC Vive, so we had to save up for the PlayStation VR. We are still currently saving up for PS VR and we are hoping that we will have enough money by Christmas time. He asks about it every day, he's so excited to get it.
Thank you guys for being a great source of entertainment and such nice people. BEYOND!!
The original story is below:
Zach Carlson sent a letter to podcast Beyond Episode #464 (IGN's PlayStation Podcast), detailing how his autistic, legally blind brother was enamoured by VR, and he plans to save up to get him one for Christmas. Zach said, "He was so happy because he finally felt normal. After 25 years, my brother felt normal."
We thought we'd try to make that a reality, and take the burden of saving up for that hardware off of Zach's family.
Here's Zach's full story: I have two older brothers who are twins. They both suffer from many things, the most difficult for them is Autism. One cannot speak and the other is legally blind, they both have trouble walking and getting around, and they will never be able to live on their own due to the assistance that they require. My legally blind brother, Nick, and I have always played games together. He is in love with the Sly Cooper series. Games have always been hard for him, understandably.
I went down to the Windows store at the mall a couple months back to try the HTC Vive, it was my first experience with VR and I was blown away.
I instantly wanted my brother to try it and so I dragged him down to use it. He was in heaven, as was my mom who I brought to see it as well. The controls were very intuitive that he could make sense of them. He could see better than he can in real life, in 360 degrees!! It was honestly a new world for him! We played the spaceship game as well as the bow and arrow game in the Vive demo for reference. He understood all of them within a minute. He was so happy because he finally felt normal. After 25 years, my brother felt normal. It was amazing. I cannot put into words how great that feels. He was crushed when the demo ended and we have been back several times to use it since. We do not have the money to get a super good computer or for a HTC Vive, so we had to save up for the PlayStation VR. We are still currently saving up for PS VR and we are hoping that we will have enough money by Christmas time. He asks about it every day, he's so excited to get it.
Thank you guys for being a great source of entertainment and such nice people. BEYOND!!
Organizer
Alanah Pearce
Organizer
San Francisco, CA
