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Big Questions Facing The AR Industry In 2018

Big Questions Facing The AR Industry In 2018

VR promises to head in bold new directions this year, but AR is no different. The tech wasn’t quite there in 2017, but there’s plenty of space for it to grow in 2018.

Whereas VR is a few years into its consumer stage now, AR is arguably just a bit behind; HoloLens is still in the development kit stages as is the upcoming Magic Leap One. This might not be the year that these headsets reach store shelves, but that doesn’t mean we’re not going to see big new developments in 2018.

Will smartphone AR go big(er)?

Smartphone AR showed just how much potential it holds when it turned everyone into Pokemon Go-playing fitness freaks back in 2016 with only the most basic level of AR integration. Even before then, the world’s been obsessed with Snapchat filters and now people seem ready to fully embrace smartphone AR. So will it get there in 2018?

The introduction of Apple’s ARKit and Google’s ARCore in late 2017 certainly makes us hopeful, though neither is really capitalizing on their full potential right now. We’ve seen plenty of concept apps for both platforms that don’t seem gimmicky but instead genuinely helpful; morphing map apps into virtual tour guides, helping up find items in massive supermarkets and even projecting furniture into our rooms before we decide to buy it. These are all great ideas, but will the general public catch on?

Is Magic Leap as disruptive as promised?

  After years of speculation, Magic Leap rounded out 2017 with the reveal of its anticipated first developer kit, Magic Leap One Creators Edition. Reaction to the reveal was mixed; while the technology is promising on paper, we still haven’t been able to test it out for ourselves and the hardware looks typically bulky for experimental hardware. But there’s one vital promise in the reveal; Creators Edition is coming in 2018.

That should mean developers have kits in their hands within the next few months and, hopefully, we’ll find out if the wait has been worth it. If Magic Leap delivers on all it promises then we may soon have a world in which virtual images augment all aspects of our lives. If it doesn’t, though, we wonder what will become of this heavily-invested-in company.

What are Microsoft’s next steps with ‘mixed reality’?

While Microsoft might have had a quiet 2017 on the HoloLens front, we’re hoping for some significant updates in 2018. Rumors point to a new version of HoloLens — maybe still not a consumer model — releasing in 2019, but that doesn’t mean we won’t see it this year. And there’s plenty to improve over the $3,000 model available now, like that tiny field of view and overall form factor. More importantly, though, Microsoft may now have its first serious competition in Magic Leap.

There’s also the question of if HoloLens fits in with Microsoft’s Xbox One X console, just as we’re wondering with VR. It was nearly three years ago now that the company showed someone playing Minecraft and someone else gazing into that world with a HoloLens; are we ever going to be able to experience that for ourselves?

New Post has been published on https://www.pentoz.com/tech/big-questions-facing-the-ar-industry-in-2018/

Big Questions Facing The AR Industry In 2018

Big Questions Facing The AR Industry In 2018

VR promises to head in bold new directions this year, but AR is no different. The tech wasn’t quite there in 2017, but there’s plenty of space for it to grow in 2018.

Whereas VR is a few years into its consumer stage now, AR is arguably just a bit behind; HoloLens is still in the development kit stages as is the upcoming Magic Leap One. This might not be the year that these headsets reach store shelves, but that doesn’t mean we’re not going to see big new developments in 2018.

Will smartphone AR go big(er)?

Smartphone AR showed just how much potential it holds when it turned everyone into Pokemon Go-playing fitness freaks back in 2016 with only the most basic level of AR integration. Even before then, the world’s been obsessed with Snapchat filters and now people seem ready to fully embrace smartphone AR. So will it get there in 2018?

The introduction of Apple’s ARKit and Google’s ARCore in late 2017 certainly makes us hopeful, though neither is really capitalizing on their full potential right now. We’ve seen plenty of concept apps for both platforms that don’t seem gimmicky but instead genuinely helpful; morphing map apps into virtual tour guides, helping up find items in massive supermarkets and even projecting furniture into our rooms before we decide to buy it. These are all great ideas, but will the general public catch on?

Is Magic Leap as disruptive as promised?

  After years of speculation, Magic Leap rounded out 2017 with the reveal of its anticipated first developer kit, Magic Leap One Creators Edition. Reaction to the reveal was mixed; while the technology is promising on paper, we still haven’t been able to test it out for ourselves and the hardware looks typically bulky for experimental hardware. But there’s one vital promise in the reveal; Creators Edition is coming in 2018.

That should mean developers have kits in their hands within the next few months and, hopefully, we’ll find out if the wait has been worth it. If Magic Leap delivers on all it promises then we may soon have a world in which virtual images augment all aspects of our lives. If it doesn’t, though, we wonder what will become of this heavily-invested-in company.

What are Microsoft’s next steps with ‘mixed reality’?

While Microsoft might have had a quiet 2017 on the HoloLens front, we’re hoping for some significant updates in 2018. Rumors point to a new version of HoloLens — maybe still not a consumer model — releasing in 2019, but that doesn’t mean we won’t see it this year. And there’s plenty to improve over the $3,000 model available now, like that tiny field of view and overall form factor. More importantly, though, Microsoft may now have its first serious competition in Magic Leap.

There’s also the question of if HoloLens fits in with Microsoft’s Xbox One X console, just as we’re wondering with VR. It was nearly three years ago now that the company showed someone playing Minecraft and someone else gazing into that world with a HoloLens; are we ever going to be able to experience that for ourselves?

New Post has been published on https://www.pentoz.com/tech/big-questions-facing-the-ar-industry-in-2018/

Big Questions Facing The AR Industry In 2018

Big Questions Facing The AR Industry In 2018

VR promises to head in bold new directions this year, but AR is no different. The tech wasn’t quite there in 2017, but there’s plenty of space for it to grow in 2018.

Whereas VR is a few years into its consumer stage now, AR is arguably just a bit behind; HoloLens is still in the development kit stages as is the upcoming Magic Leap One. This might not be the year that these headsets reach store shelves, but that doesn’t mean we’re not going to see big new developments in 2018.

Will smartphone AR go big(er)?

Smartphone AR showed just how much potential it holds when it turned everyone into Pokemon Go-playing fitness freaks back in 2016 with only the most basic level of AR integration. Even before then, the world’s been obsessed with Snapchat filters and now people seem ready to fully embrace smartphone AR. So will it get there in 2018?

The introduction of Apple’s ARKit and Google’s ARCore in late 2017 certainly makes us hopeful, though neither is really capitalizing on their full potential right now. We’ve seen plenty of concept apps for both platforms that don’t seem gimmicky but instead genuinely helpful; morphing map apps into virtual tour guides, helping up find items in massive supermarkets and even projecting furniture into our rooms before we decide to buy it. These are all great ideas, but will the general public catch on?

Is Magic Leap as disruptive as promised?

  After years of speculation, Magic Leap rounded out 2017 with the reveal of its anticipated first developer kit, Magic Leap One Creators Edition. Reaction to the reveal was mixed; while the technology is promising on paper, we still haven’t been able to test it out for ourselves and the hardware looks typically bulky for experimental hardware. But there’s one vital promise in the reveal; Creators Edition is coming in 2018.

That should mean developers have kits in their hands within the next few months and, hopefully, we’ll find out if the wait has been worth it. If Magic Leap delivers on all it promises then we may soon have a world in which virtual images augment all aspects of our lives. If it doesn’t, though, we wonder what will become of this heavily-invested-in company.

What are Microsoft’s next steps with ‘mixed reality’?

While Microsoft might have had a quiet 2017 on the HoloLens front, we’re hoping for some significant updates in 2018. Rumors point to a new version of HoloLens — maybe still not a consumer model — releasing in 2019, but that doesn’t mean we won’t see it this year. And there’s plenty to improve over the $3,000 model available now, like that tiny field of view and overall form factor. More importantly, though, Microsoft may now have its first serious competition in Magic Leap.

There’s also the question of if HoloLens fits in with Microsoft’s Xbox One X console, just as we’re wondering with VR. It was nearly three years ago now that the company showed someone playing Minecraft and someone else gazing into that world with a HoloLens; are we ever going to be able to experience that for ourselves?

New Post has been published on https://www.pentoz.com/tech/ar-merging-the-real-and-digital-world/

AR Merging The Real and Digital World

AR Merging The Real and Digital World

The stakes are incredibly high for the safety and compliance efforts of today’s oil and gas industry. Engineers and crews must be trained for increasingly complex processes and procedures used aboard drilling rigs and production platforms. The consequences of inadequate training during oil production can be disastrous to both operator crews and the environment. However, there’s a growing deficit of knowledge and expertise among young workers who are rapidly recruited to keep up with the current oil and gas boom. This has not gone unnoticed, and the industry is responding by devoting resources to technologically advanced training methods.

  Technologies such as simulations augmented reality and real-time data give industry contractors the most effective and efficient training methods to mitigate risks without slowing down operations. Drilling rigs are a perfect example of a highly instrumented environment in which these new training technologies can make an enormous impact.

Mission-critical training simulations Richly interactive training can now incorporate advanced simulation technologies so trainees can be prepared for real-life scenarios. They can learn complex procedures and processes quickly and without the risk factors involved in real-life situations or real equipment. And the simulation technologies create an immersive world in which the learner is in the first-person position, making mission-critical decisions.

Adult education research has shown that trainees retain significantly more instruction and perform better on competency tests by experiencing simulated real-life scenarios in which they can practice, and even fail, without risk. Such training rewards the application of both newly acquired skills and previous experience, so learners develop competencies rather than just memorize correct answers. Simulations have long been used as a training method in critical, high-risk environments such as flight or medical training. Pilots in training need extensive practice in an extremely risky activity in order to succeed. And critical patient care has enormously increased in quality when nurses and other members of surgical teams are trained with simulations. When used for the oil and gas industry, simulations provide the same benefits: risk-free, real-world practice opportunities that greatly increase learners’ success in performing complex, critical procedures onsite.

The oil and gas industry requires flexible and highly effective training delivery options for workers who spend most of their time in the field, not in an office. Simulation training is ideal for the operation of remotely operated vehicles and tubular handling equipment and other cranes, for instance. Training simulations emphasize critical thinking, problem-solving, and the correct application of skills to a situation.  Because it provides practice-oriented training, it makes the most of workers’ training hours, and it is more efficient than time-consuming synchronous classroom training.

On-demand training with augmented reality For those in the oil and gas industry, training no longer has to interrupt production; it can be integrated into production.

By integrating the real world with the virtual, augmented reality (AR) anchors information when and where people need it. Whereas a simulation is an entirely computer-generated experience, AR superimposes computer-generated information or imagery over the user’s view of the real world. Enormously influential innovators such as Google, Microsoft, HP, and Logitech are all working on augmented reality displays that help with wayfinding and technical visualizations, among other applications.

In the energy industry, AR is used to provide on-demand, on-site training for any number of complex instruments and equipment used during oil exploration and drilling. Job aids delivered via AR have many benefits: they can be easily and remotely updated whenever equipment or procedures change, they mean less reliance on synchronous classroom training that interrupts workers’ productive time and they accommodate a variety of experience levels and skills. It enables workers to quickly synchronize their tasks with the appropriate equipment and precautions.

For example, operations equipment can be made “intelligent,” orienting workers to how the equipment is constructed, how it functions and safety precautions for its use. Or a drilling rig can include a virtual health, safety and environment guide that walks trainees through safety and compliance procedures, pointing out hazardous areas and showing what protective equipment to wear.

Real-time data for training and monitoring The most advanced AR technologies not only provide on-demand training but allow engineers and crew members to access real-time data as well. The same assets developed for training can be used by workers to understand their environment and feed them live digital readouts and instructions on what to do next and how to do it right. Using this real-time data, it is possible to now track processes and crew tasks, monitor equipment conditions, and even assist in equipment operation. Just as Boeing is equipping their workers with virtual-reality glasses to assemble 747s, it’s very possible that “augmented” drilling rig operators may soon be an oil and gas industry standard.

This merging of physical and digital worlds has the potential to advance workers’ knowledge and technical acumen in using complex equipment, and also to bridge the oil and gas industry’s experience gap. The possibilities are vast. Drawing from real-time data, AR-enhanced protective eyewear can display critical information that would otherwise be difficult to see in low light conditions, or provide enhanced situational awareness for safety during hazardous tasks. Underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) can be equipped with an AR display using real-time acoustic and optical data to help the operator navigate the undersea environment when performing inspection, maintenance, and repair tasks. At the operational planning and compliance level, real-time safety and security software can be integrated with equipment in order to better plan and coordinate tasks for safety and efficiency, mobilize responses to an emergency or reconstruct events for incident investigations.