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Virtual & Augmented Reality For Dummies

by Paul Mealy

July 2018

Intermediate to advanced

352 pages

9h 53m

English

For Dummies

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About This BookFoolish AssumptionsIcons Used in This BookBeyond the BookWhere to Go from Here
Introducing Virtual Reality and Augmented RealityLooking at Some Other Types of Virtual and Augmented RealityTaking a Quick History TourEvaluating the Technology Hype Cycle
Looking at the Available Form FactorsFocusing on FeaturesConsidering ControllersRecognizing the Current Issues with VRAssessing Adoption Rates
Looking at the Available Form FactorsConsidering ControllersRecognizing the Current Issues with Augmented RealityAssessing Adoption Rates
Exploring Consumer-Grade Virtual RealityIdentifying Near-Future HardwareComparing Current and Future Options
Exploring Consumer-Grade Augmented RealityIdentifying Near-Future HardwareComparing Current and Future Options

Assessing Your Project’s Technology NeedsChoosing Virtual RealityChoosing Augmented Reality
Defining Your Virtual Reality ProjectExploring Design Principles in Virtual RealityDefining Your Social Experience
Defining Your Augmented Reality ProjectExploring Design Principles in Augmented RealityDefining Your Social Experience
Assessing Design SoftwareCapturing Real LifeAssessing Development SoftwareDistributing Your Content
ArtEducationEntertainmentHealthcareGaming
ArtEducationIndustry and CommerceEntertainmentUtilities
Anticipating the Near-Future ChangesConsidering Virtual Reality’s “Killer App”Predicting the Impact
Analyzing Near Future ChangesConsidering AR’s “Killer App”Predicting the Impact
How Will Virtual and Augmented Reality Affect Me?Which Technology Will Win?What If I Don’t Have a Headset?How Large Will the Virtual and Augmented Reality Consumer Markets Get?When Should I Enter the Market as a Consumer?When Should My Company Enter the Market?Which Virtual Reality Headset Is Right for Me?What Could Impede the Growth of Virtual and Augmented Reality?Are There Lasting Physical Effects?What Is the Future of Virtual and Augmented Reality?
TravelMuseumsAerospaceRetailMilitaryEducationEntertainmentReal EstateAdvertising and MarketingThe Unknown
Google TranslateAmazon AR ViewBlipparAR CityARiseIngress and Pokémon GoMeasureKit and MeasureInkHunterSketch ARFind Your Car and Car Finder AR

Content preview from Virtual & Augmented Reality For Dummies

Chapter 12

Assessing the Future of Virtual Reality

IN THIS CHAPTER

Analyzing near-future changes for virtual reality

Evaluating the potential market

Predicting the impact of future updates

Virtual reality (VR) has been a red-hot industry since the Oculus DK1 Kickstarter in 2013, and many of the advances since then have been powered by the momentum that that initial spark provided. With the release of second-generation hardware, the momentum of the first generation will have fully dissipated and the reality of VR will be setting in.

Will this second generation continue on the same explosive trajectory as the first? Or will the hype begin to cool as early adopters drop out, attracted by some newer tech object to obsess over? Or will reality fall somewhere in between, as VR moves past the hype and settles into the Slope of Enlightenment (see Chapter 1), slowly gaining adoption as more and more use cases for the technology are revealed.

In this chapter, I take a look at some of the changes we can expect in the near future, for better or for worse, for VR. I explore the market and provide some information on what you might expect in that area. I also discuss how you may be able to ...