Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality

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Snorre Kjesbu — SVP & GM of Cisco’s Employee Experience group — has a bold vision for the future of human interaction.
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"Mainstream computing will start to shift from a race to develop increasingly powerful tools to a race to develop increasingly powerful abilities."
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The first of these devices is already on the market — the AI-powered Ray-Bans from Meta.
Black smart glasses with clear lenses are displayed against a green and yellow gradient background with a grid pattern.
Smart glasses have flopped before. AI could finally make them mainstream.
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One of Apple's key innovations serves as a psychological breakthrough, as its technology eliminates the isolating feel of headset use.
"It can truly allow you to see the physical world in ways that were not possible before."
Imagine going on a tour through the human circulatory system as a tiny cell. That is just one example of education in the metaverse.
mixed reality
2023 will see an "arms race" in mixed reality hardware and software. This truly will revolutionize our society.
top science stories 2022
2022 was another busy year in the realm of science, with groundbreaking stories spanning space, materials, medicine, and technology.
metaverse
The metaverse is inevitable because it is hardwired into our DNA.
Inside the metaverse, your emotions and physical responses will be monitored, and AI will use that data to influence you in real time. Is that essentially mind control?
A white virtual reality headset on a white background.
The Metaverse could be the most dangerous tool of persuasion humanity has ever created.
augmented reality
For the very first time, an AR contact lens was worn on the eye of a human subject. And it has about 30 times the pixel density of an iPhone.
Immersive Learning
Immersive learning creates an interactive environment in which learners have the power to customize their experience. 
The metaverse may leave us perpetually unsure whether the people we encounter are authentic or high-quality fakes.
VR vs. AR
It's no longer just VR vs. AR. There is an alphabet soup of metaverse acronyms, often used imprecisely. So, what do they all mean?
metaverse
The Virtual Metaverse will be for gaming and other short duration uses, while the Augmented Metaverse will revolutionize society.
metaverse
The metaverse has the potential to be revolutionary, for both good and bad. Here is how we can maximize the former and prevent the latter.
metaverse
If used improperly, the metaverse could be more divisive than social media and an insidious threat to society and even reality itself.