I have discussed previously virtual reality and augmented reality. Virtual reality involves seeing a whole new view of your environment (which is not real, only digital). Augmented reality involves bringing in digital items to your actual reality. Intel is developing technology to create modified or mixed realities where virtual reality can interact with your environment so that virtual reality becomes closer to....well, reality.
Using computer technologies, you are able to essentially fool your senses using the electrical signals that are interpreted by your brain. Our brain is constantly reading our currently reality through our five senses. Computer technologies have evolved over time to better recreate the visual sense that someone is experiencing. Virtual reality has continually gotten more and more 'real'. To further this process, developers have worked on allowing the user more freedom of movement so that users can truly feel not tied down. Intel has gotten closer and closer to taking away all constraints on its virtual reality users so that users feel fully immersed into this new reality.
Modified or mixed reality involves the capability of this virtual reality and actual reality interacting. The big breakthrough for Intel in regards to mixed reality is Project Alloy. This project creates a virtual reality, but merges by allowing you to both see your hands in this reality and have your hands interact with items in the virtual reality. Seeing your hands interact with the environment truly takes mixed or modified reality to a new level. In Project Alloy, you can also place items in your hand and they interact with virtual items as well.
AR, VR, and MR should continue to develop with no sign of stopping. They definitely have a future in education as the opportunities to interact with educational items, 'go places', and access info will continue to expand.
The videos used for this quest can be accessed below:
Using computer technologies, you are able to essentially fool your senses using the electrical signals that are interpreted by your brain. Our brain is constantly reading our currently reality through our five senses. Computer technologies have evolved over time to better recreate the visual sense that someone is experiencing. Virtual reality has continually gotten more and more 'real'. To further this process, developers have worked on allowing the user more freedom of movement so that users can truly feel not tied down. Intel has gotten closer and closer to taking away all constraints on its virtual reality users so that users feel fully immersed into this new reality.
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