Part 2

Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Blockchain

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Virtual, Augmented & Mixed Reality

Virtual Reality
• Virtual reality is an artificial environment that is created with
software and presented to the user in such a way that the user
suspends belief and accepts it as a real environment.

• On a computer, virtual reality is primarily experienced through two

of the five senses: sight and sound.
Virtual reality (VR) implies a complete immersion experience that shuts out the physical world.
Using VR devices such as HTC Vive, Oculus Rift or Google Daydream, users can be transported into
a number of real-world and imagined environments
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Augmented Reality
Augmented reality (AR) overlays digital content and information onto
the physical world — as if they’re actually there with you, in your own
space
•This technology has a distinct disadvantage compared with virtual
reality: visual immersion.
•While VR completely covers and replaces your field of vision, AR
apps only show up on your smartphone or tablet screen, and even the
HoloLens can only project images in a limited area in front of your
eyes.
•It is not very immersive when a hologram disappears once it moves
out of a rectangle in the middle of your vision, or when you need to
stare at a small screen while pretending that the object on that screen
is actually in front of you.
 Uses Of Virtual and Augmented Reality

 Training
VR training is already used to train employees who work in high risk
environments, such as the military and healthcare
The wearer can get as close as possible to performing real operations
(both surgical and strategic), but in a virtual environment they can afford
to make mistakes
https://strivr.com/verizon-vr-training
Retail
enables retailers to test and refine their displays, signage and store layout to
maximise consumer experience and spending. VR also enables shoppers to
explore products in a life like way.

Source: ShelfZone® VR shopping experience by inVRsion

Design and Modeling
VR platforms enable architects to walk clients through their designs before they have been built,
supplying vital opportunities for feedback and alteration.
New technology makes it easy to turn paper plans into 3D computer models, and then into
immersive VR simulations. Exploring building designs through VR helps potential clients to better
understand an architect’s work.
Virtual Reality Home Design
Data visualisation
Data visualisation has come a long way since the days of the pie chart. Augmented and Virtual
Reality make it possible to display data in 3D displays, which can then be interacted with in a
dynamic manner.
Manufacture
VR has unique applications in the design and prototyping process. Manufacturers
such as aerospace giants Boeing and Airbus use the technology to eliminate the
need for expensive, full scale prototypes of their designs.

Virtual Reality cabin design at Airbus

Business uses of Augmented Reality

Retail
The Ikea Place app will help you avoid that predicament in the future. The app
was built using Apple’s ARKit technology, and it allows you to scan your room
and design the space by placing Ikea objects in the digital image of your room to
create a new environment with the new products.
The Dulux Visualiser helps you try out a shade of paint for your room before you
buy. Just use your smartphone camera to scan your room and virtually paint it
with any color of the rainbow.
Design and Modeling
Rather than creating costly prototypes, clients are presented with an AR experience
that depicts side-by-side comparisons of new and old products — allowing clients to
quickly understand the impact of the proposed new products.
AR can be used as an aid to early-stage product design and development so
designers can see a more precise view of product form and functionality.
Augmented Reality (AR) System Design Review
 Technical Support
Empower employees to work together from anywhere
Car Tech - Hyundai's Augmented Reality app overhauls the owners manual

AR allows the remote expert to superimpose markings, message and diagrams directly onto the
engineer's field of view and the use of smart glasses ensures the engineer's hands are kept free to
simultaneously perform fixes.
Use of AR in the field can improve safety, reduce confusion and take the pressure off engineers
who can't possibly be experts in all technologies and infrastructures. AR can empower a mobile
workforce, linking workers to experts around the globe.
Mixed Reality (MR)

In a Mixed Reality (MR) experience, which combines elements of both AR and VR, real-
world and digital objects interact.
Mixed reality technology is just now starting to take off with Microsoft’s HoloLens one of the
most notable early mixed reality apparatuses.
Technical Support
How Mercedes-Benz transforms technician support with Dynamics 365 Remote Assist and Holo
Lens 2
Eg: Dynamics 365 Remote Assist for HoloLens 2 and mobile devices
https://youtu.be/d3YT8j0yYl0
Medical/Healthcare
3D holographic anatomy -that allows a Microsoft HoloLens wearer to not only see virtual
cadavers but also allow a deeper dive into the human body.
Microsoft HoloLens 2: Partner Spotlight with Philips
Blockchain
Is a chain of blocks that contains information. The goal of block chain is to allow
digital information to be recorded and distributed, but not edited.
The information is constantly reconciled into the database, which is stored in
multiple locations and updated instantly.
Understand the Blockchain
https://youtu.be/SSo_EIwHSd4
Blockchain Applications

Cryptocurrency
A cryptocurrency is a digital or virtual currency that is secured by cryptography, which makes it
nearly impossible to counterfeit or double-spend. Many cryptocurrencies are decentralized networks
based on blockchain technology—a distributed ledger enforced by a disparate network of computers.
Blockchain is the technology the underpins digital currency (Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, and the
like).
Contract management and smart contracts

Any industry heavily reliant on contracts, such as insurance, financial institutions,

real estate, construction, entertainment and law, would benefit from blockchain’s
indisputable way to update, manage, track and secure contracts.
Smart contracts, those that are embedded with if/then statements and be executed
without the involvement of an intermediary, also use blockchain technology.
https://youtu.be/ZE2HxTmxfrI
Supply Chain
Suppliers can use blockchain to record the origins of materials that they have
purchased. This would allow companies to verify the authenticity of their products,
along with health and ethics labels like “Organic,” “Local,” and “Fair Trade.”

The food industry is moving into the use of blockchain to increasingly track the path
and safety of food throughout the farm-to-user journey (Mohan, 2020).
Resources
https://www.techopedia.com
https://hackernoon.com
https://www.business.com
https://www.ibm.com/topics/automation
https://builtin.com/artificial-intelligence/examples-ai-in-industry
https://youtu.be/yeyn9zzrC84
https://youtu.be/gUc5oN_ffRo
https://youtu.be/FJVgyxwQfKk
What Coronavirus Means For Automation And The Future Of Jobs
https://youtu.be/a-7Azih0D98
Will robots take our jobs? | CNBC Explains
https://youtu.be/f2aocKWrPG8
Will a robot take my job? | The Age of A.I.