Why AR, Not VR, will be the Nature of the Metaverse
My first encounter with the virtual realm was in 1991 when I pursued my Ph.D. I used various earlier VR systems to calculate the intercooler's distance (i.e., the distance you can see) and adapt depth concepts into the program. While I was a firm fan of the virtual world, I found the experience somewhat painful. It wasn't because of the inability to be loyal. However, I knew that it would improve, but simply because it was a bit uncomfortable to put a scuba mask over my face for an extended amount of time. Even with the earliest 3D glasses (like shuttering glasses that let you see 3D with flat displays), I felt that being in captivity didn't dissipate. I had to keep my eyes open like the world was blindfolded. My only goal was open the blindfold and let the virtual reality's power flow into my physical world. It brought me back to the US. The Air Force was given a direction Air Force to develop a virtual fixtures system, which is a platform that allows users to engage w...