[ WP ] A man discovered that he could change his perspective from first-person to third-person . He then found out the world looked really different from this perspective .

Sam Teins, angel investor extraordinaire, was about to reject me. 
 
 `` Walk me through this again,'' she said. 
 
 `` Well,'' I said, `` as you can see I'm doing it right now.'' 
 
 `` Yes,'' she agreed, `` and you look absolutely ridiculous. I mean, I know that's a VR device you've got strapped to your head, but everyone who sees you is going to assume you're just walking around blind.'' 
 
 I nodded, though the weight of the headset made that somewhat awkward. `` It's just the prototype. The final version will have eyes painted on it.'' 
 
 `` Right,'' Sam said, `` that's just going to make it look creepier. So what benefits do you get from this?'' 
 
 `` Well,'' I said, `` using the remote drone, I can view myself from any other perspective. Not only can I see how I appear to other people, but I get a fuller view of the world around me.'' 
 
 `` And what about when the drone is n't around? You could hardly fit a quadcopter in a small office like this.'' 
 
 I nodded again, and again cursed the headset nearly slipping off. `` In the event that I ca n't get a signal to the drone, there's an internal camera built-in here that lets me revert back to a first-person view. Not ideal, but I do n't actually want to be blinded. And also I can just take the thing off.'' 
 
 Sam sighed, glancing down at her notes. `` Listen, your idea is inventive, but-'' 
 
 I finished her sentence: `` it has severe appearance problems, seemingly little benefit, and lacks an obvious market?'' 
 
 I enjoyed her look of shock from the front-facing camera, while the third-person view remained where it was: Over her shoulder, looking at her notes that I'd just quoted verbatim. 
 
 She realized this, of course, but was at a loss. `` There's no drone in here,'' she said. `` I'd have noticed something that big.'' 
 
 I gestured to the wall behind her, where what appeared to be an oversized fly perched. 
 
 `` That?'' She asked. `` You fit an entire camera rig in a drone that small?'' 
 
 `` Well yes,'' I said. `` You did n't think my invention was just an awkward VR rig with googly eyes attached, did you?''
