Published in Blockchain Biz·Mar 26, 2022Delivering the Entire MetaverseKey Takeaways The Metaverse was imagined 30 years ago, and a broad Metaverse taxonomy created 15 years ago, with four key elements Most current Metaverse applications are focusing on shared VR or AR experiences, ignoring key components of the Metaverse Interesting opportunities exist when you combine two or more Metaverse elements, going…Metaverse8 min readMetaverse8 min read
Mar 6, 2021Grand Challenges for Augmented Reality ResearchWhat research needs to be done so that Augmented Reality reaches its full potential? — Overview The first working Augmented Reality (AR) system was developed over 50 years ago, but todays AR technology is still far removed from the ultimate potential of the technology. So there are a number of research Grand Challenges that need to be addressed. Researcher Ron Azuma [1] provided one of the…Augmented Reality5 min readAugmented Reality5 min read
Apr 21, 2019“What is that?” — Multimodal Mixed RealityCan we make interaction in Augmented and Virtual Reality as natural as day to day interaction with the real world around us? — In our everyday lives we interact with each other and our surroundings using speech, gesture, face expression, and a wide range of different input modalities. It’s very natural to point at something and ask “What is that?” and expect people near us to know what we are asking.Virtual Reality6 min readVirtual Reality6 min read
May 22, 2018Where in the World is AR Research Happening?This post provides a brief overview of where Augmented Reality (AR) research is happening in universities around the world. Academic Research in Augmented Reality arguably dates back to the 1960’s with Ivan Sutherland’s work at Harvard University on one of the first AR displays [1]. …Virtual Reality5 min readVirtual Reality5 min read
Sep 2, 2017Will Mixed Reality Replace Phone Calls?Mixed Reality conferencing and the future of collaboration — In the summer of 1995 I was lucky enough to participate in an amazing event that changed my life forever. As I put on a Virtual Reality (VR) head mounted display at the University of Washington I was virtually transported from Seattle across the Pacific to join other people in…Virtual Reality10 min readVirtual Reality10 min read
May 4, 2017The Coming Age of Empathic ComputingOver 70 years ago psychologist Alfred Adler famously described empathy as “seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another” [1]. Technology has now advanced to the point that it can be used to help people have greater empathy for…Virtual Reality9 min readVirtual Reality9 min read
Mar 31, 2017What is Mixed Reality?What is a Mixed Reality display? What is a MR experience? How is MR related to AR or VR? — Virtual Reality is one of the most popular emerging technologies, especially since 2014 when Facebook paid a huge sum for Oculus and a wide range of consumer head mounted displays (HMDs) have become readily available. Virtual Reality (VR) uses technology to immerse a person in a completely computer generated world…Virtual Reality7 min readVirtual Reality7 min read
