Augmented reality will put the Internet everywhere
Augmented reality will put the Internet everywhere
At first, we walked to the family PC, hijacked a telephone line and, after a series of beats and that chhhhh sound, "went to the Internet."
Try to imagine it. Find an open space, one free of people, so that you do not seem like a total disgust during this exercise. Now imagine anything. A weather alert. A hologram of your mother scolding you for not having checked your voice mail. A Pokémon if that's your thing.
The technology to do this already exists but, well, a little stinks. To experience what is known as augmented reality, you must shake your phone like an insane person. Or put in The Microsoft HoloLens headphones, which feels like a medieval helmet. Or put yourself like a puppet with The very exaggerated configuration of Magic Leap but it is not amazing.
None of the current options are ready for prime time.
The most promoted AR technology is finally on sale. Joanna Stern from WSJ went to Florida to use the Magic Leap One Creator Edition headphones and pursue virtual dinosaurs and basketball legends.
But the titans of technology: Apple, Google,
-see AR as the future and they are throwing all kinds of talent and money. AR hearing aids will lose weight and look fresher. Eventually they could look like contact lenses. But hardware is only part of the puzzle.
"The spaces that surround us will be unlocked with the cloud, IOT [internet of things] and AI, "says Alex Kipman, a technical member of Microsoft who is leading the company's HoloLens development.
Translation: once all our things (appliances, cars, televisions) are connected, a stream of personalized information will follow you everywhere.
One of the best AR demonstrations I've seen shows cooking timers when you hold your phone over pots on your stove. Now imagine that without a phone and with more connectivity. While preparing dinner with your AR glasses, a countdown appears on your pasta, along with a suggested combination of your connected wine cooler and an alert on your Peloton bike about how to burn all carbohydrates.
Of course, the technology that monitors everything you see and do presents more than a few privacy issues. And if the false news on Facebook can improve democracy, imagine the effect of false information especially in your field of vision.
"You always worry about bad actors with technology and your data," says Paula Goldman, vice president of Omidyar Network, which works with technology companies to design more ethical products. "With AR, it's incredibly scary: the kind of data that can be collected, how you react to what you're seeing, deep psychological data."
It is entirely possible that the generalized RA results in a dystopian visual hell. But based on the first demonstrations, there are some reasons to be excited. And given the level of investment of the companies that brought you the smartphone and social networks, it is a safe bet that AR is on the way, whether you like it or not.
Nation of notifications
How AR will appear in every part of your life
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EGE SOYUER
AR AT HOME
Goodbye, unfriendly Amazon echo. Hello, holographic personal assistant, who whispers in your ear to tell you exactly where you left your keys and where your spouse put it.
Tapas This summer, I previewed the Magic Leap Avatar Chat, which showed a floating virtual head that belonged to a Magic Leap employee. Magic Leap's CEO, Rony Abovitz, says that one day the avatar could be "your coach, your physics teacher, a life coach who tells you to stop eating those chocolates and go hiking." The company's Mica project is focused on the best in our physical spaces. And holograms similar to Princess Leia are being developed as entertainment. The startup 8i based in New Zealand and Los Angeles is building large volume studies to capture 360-degree 3D videos of artists to bring the stars to your living room.
AR AT WORK
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EGE SOYUER
The first place where you will probably experience augmented reality? In the office. Some engine mechanics in
are I'm already experimenting with HoloLens To repair the Rolls-Royce airplane engines. This is how it works: a worker equipped with HoloLens in Japan who examines a malfunctioning motor connects to a Rolls-Royce engineer who uses headphones in another location, who practically teleports to Japan to advise him on repairs. At the University of Central Florida, emergency responders in training can soon use the HoloLens to simulate the chaos that could be surrounding: screaming, people running, even shooting. "Eventually, those in low-combat training could look at a mannequin or even a real person, see virtual blood and apply pressure to a virtual wound, "says Greg Welch, a professor at the university's Institute for Simulation and Training.
It is everywhere
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EGE SOYUER
Imagine how safe and easy the navigation will be when you no longer have to look at the phone. American Airlines has developed a prototype application for the iPhone that directs it to your door with digital markers. (Right on the Hudson News! On the left on the next Hudson News!) And with apps like Google Lens, which uses computer recognition to identify objects, you can look at a restaurant poster and get instant details about it. menu and the price range. Or take a look at a dress that hangs in a store and see if it's available for less somewhere else. "The entire surface of the world will actually be a place where it can be transmitted, not just a screen," says Abovitz. Come to think of it, maybe we should hide under our beds.
Write to Joanna Stern in joanna.stern@wsj.com
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