{"id":61300,"date":"2017-11-08T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=61300"},"modified":"2017-11-08T14:23:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T19:23:25","slug":"dc-its-the-combination-of-2-emerging-techs-that-will-likely-bring-major-innovation-our-way-8-items-on-vr-ar-and-mr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2017\/11\/08\/dc-its-the-combination-of-2-emerging-techs-that-will-likely-bring-major-innovation-our-way-8-items-on-vr-ar-and-mr\/","title":{"rendered":"DC: It\u2019s the combination of 2+ emerging techs that will likely bring major innovation our way. 8 items on VR, AR, and MR."},"content":{"rendered":"

Will blockchain help make Virtual Reality more social?<\/strong><\/a> — from thenextweb.com by Alice Bonasio<\/p>\n

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Emerging social VR platforms are experimenting with new ways of democratizing access and ownership of content and information.<\/p>\n

VR has often been considered something of a solitary experience, but that\u2019s changing fast. Social VR platforms are on the rise, and as the acquisition of AltspaceVR by Microsoft shows, major players in that space are taking notice.
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\nThis shows how momentum is building around social VR, and although it\u2019s unlikely that such platforms will replace social media in terms of popularity overnight, the question is certainly being asked about who will emerge as \u201cFacebook of VR.\u201d
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\n\u201cWe believe virtual reality will flourish once users have a more prominent role in controlling their creations. Currently, the companies that create the virtual worlds own all of the content built by the users. They are the ones who profit, reap the benefits from the network effects, and have the power to undo, change or censor what happens within the world itself. The true potential of VR might be realized, and certainly surpass what already exists, if this power were put into the hands of the users instead,\u201d believes Ariel Meilich, founder of blockchain-based virtual platform Decentraland.<\/p>\n

A blockchain is a digitized, decentralized public ledger of cryptocurrency transactions. Essentially each \u2018block\u2019 is like an individual bank statement. Completed \u2018blocks\u2019 (the most recent transactions) are added in chronological order allowing market participants to keep track of the transactions without the need for central record keeping. Just as Bitcoin eliminates the need for a third party to process or store payments, and isn\u2019t regulated by a central authority, users in any blockchain structure are responsible for validating transactions whenever one party pays another for goods or services.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nAs this article reminded me, it\u2019s the combination of two or more emerging technologies that will likely bring major innovation our way.\u00a0 <\/strong>Here’s another example<\/a> of that same idea\/concept.
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Warby Parker Uses Face ID in iPhone X to Measure Your Face for Glasses<\/a> <\/strong>— from mobile-ar.reality.news by Tommy Palladino<\/p>\n

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Online glasses retailer Warby Parker built its reputation by selling fashionable yet affordable eyeglasses, so it perhaps a surprise that it’s one of the first developers to take advantage of the technology in the least affordable iPhone yet.<\/p>\n

While other developers are making adjusting to their apps to account for the infamous camera notch, Warby Parker decided to update its Glasses app to directly leverage the Face ID facial recognition system. Now, in the updated version of the app, Glasses can measure the user’s face to estimate which frames will fit best.<\/p>\n

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Apple Is Ramping Up Work on AR Headset to Succeed iPhone<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 from bloomberg.com by Mark Gurman<\/p>\n

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Apple Inc., seeking a breakthrough product to succeed the iPhone, aims to have technology ready for an augmented-reality headset in 2019 and could ship a product as early as 2020.<\/p>\n

Unlike the current generation of virtual reality headsets that use a smartphone as the engine and screen, Apple\u2019s device will have its own display and run on a new chip and operating system, according to people familiar with the situation. The development timeline is very aggressive and could still change, said the people, who requested anonymity to speak freely about a private matter.<\/p>\n

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“The power is that we can take the user anywhere in the entire universe throughout all of time for historical experiences like this.\u201d <\/strong>(source)<\/a><\/em>
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AR navigation app promises better accuracy than GPS alone<\/strong> <\/a>\u2014 from engadget.com by Jon Fingas
\nWalk the streets as if you had a local by your side.<\/em><\/p>\n

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