With emerging technology, the pace of adoption is typically defined by the “hype cycle,” or a graph developed by Gartner to define the different phases of mass adoption, and rate at which an emerging application or platform is progressing from euphoric, unrealistic predictions to actual, practical applications. According to Gartner,...
Currently most large companies and educational institutes have only just started their exploration of virtual reality technology. Some have engaged third party organisations to develop “one off” applications with no strategic approach, while having some initial success, many are disappointed with the ongoing value. My team and I have been exploring solutions...
With the global telemedicine market expected to reach $30.12 billion by 2026 and Virtual Reality (VR) in healthcare expected to reach a market value of $3.8 billion by 2020, it is an area that we need to monitor closely. Telemedicine allows patients to access medical expertise quickly, efficiently and without travel. Telemedicine can also be...
There are many known and unknown elements, ways and conditions of the physiological external and internal structure of the human body. The way in which health practitioners have come to learn in particular fields of study have been mainly by way of books, illustrations, cadavers and living beings. In the natural...
The other day, I came across a VR booth and two teenagers trying out applications there. They were wearing the latest sneakers;hip sunglasses and they had their Oculus Go VR headsets positioned on top of their heads like fashion accessories and giggling with their new toy. That might not be...
My journey in 360 video starts in 2015, I make a lot of institutional films before discovering a wider spectrum of immersive technologies. I discover and work in holograms, augmented reality, I do an artificial intelligence hackathon and I become passionate about virtual reality video games. Originally I came from the...
There’s a lot of activity happening in the background on Amazon’s Alex platform. Developers and designers are creating voice skills (apps) that allow us to interact with computers and the internet in dynamic new ways. But what happens when that level of interactivity continues and is merged with XR? While there...
“This changes everything” is what I seem to say to myself at least every few weeks while I’ve been working in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. It could be as simple as people changing the terms, “It’s XR now” or “It’s all about Spatial Computing, really.” But it’s more about...
We Are Phase2
We faced more transformation in the last two decades than we face in all human history, and these changes are considering just the tip of the iceberg, there are much more to come. There are light and shadows in this journey, and one of them is the gender gap, as...
