VR & AR

Augmented Reality has been languishing so long. It still remains a “developers kit” product, rather than a consumer product. And the prices are ludicrous. I wonder if they can bring the price down to $200 - $300.

A French-Canadian researcher is trying to develop a method of identifying potential sex offenders by combining virtual reality with a device called a Penile Plethysmograph, a cuff-shaped sensor that measures blood-flow to the penis, which causes erections and indicates sexual arousal (or a need to evacuate the bladder Herr Doktor!)

This is one area of concern amongst parents and the VR industry.

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This article first appeared in The Economist. But it was clear to me that the writer didn’t know what he was talking about. He may have been right about the slow uptake of VR (relative to the size of the market), but failed to realize that the technology is still in its infancy. It is like the home computer market in 1980. But he had a point in that not everyone is interested in gaming. But VR has other applications too...

Of course in some circumstances, this might be a disadvantage. What do you think?

Augmented reality started in the military and now it looks like they are the ones who are propping it up.