One of my side hobbies is being a tech geek and keeping up to date with the new technology that will change our world. I create movies for virtual worlds clients, so I'm constantly exposed to everyone's theories on what we should brace ourselves for. One of the hot topics of today is augmented reality, where virtual reality and real life combine. So for example, you can wear 3D goggles and see the world around you much differently, where a little inscription on a building, in virtual view can be an entire encyclopedia book that pops out and interacts with you to give you information. It provides new ways of learning, but also new ways of doing things. So, through computerized ways we can "toggle" something, which will cause it to react in real life, or vice versa (of course this being the easier way- react in real life causes a reaction in virtual). Now the challenge is reacting in virtual, causing it to react in real life. Is it possible, do you think? An example- an architect can construct a building in virtual, making it construct in real time in REALITY. Is that crazy or WHAT? Possibilities would be endless. And if you don't believe it, virtual reality and reality interchangeability is really happening as I type this. See for yourself:
Amazing, isn't it? It's like the kind of stuff that's presented in Epcot in Disney World in that big globe thing. You see the potential future and learn about it. When I went on those rides, the future seemed so far away, but it's really happening!
You guys can check out my affiliation with virtual worlds at my website: http://www.alm-productions.net I do virtual worlds filmmaking, with virtual actors and virtual sets.
So overall, as long as we don't forget how important human to human interaction is, rising technology can really help us in the fields of education, health, architecture, art, etc.
Friday, June 26, 2009
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