02-06-2021, 11:32 AM
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technolo...r-BB1dpLCT
Mark Zuckerberg made a brief appearance on the audio-only social network Clubhouse to talk about the future of augmented and virtual reality.
Clubhouse, an invite-only platform where people join essentially large group calls, recently hosted SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, who spoke about the Gamestop stock market crisis.
The Facebook founder spoke on the company’s AR and VR developments saying that its research into the space – from Facebook Reality Labs – is about delivering presence without physical travel.
Mr Zuckerberg said, according to venture capitalist Josh Constine, that the main challenge for these technologies is that they require a form-factor that users will expect, such as thick-rimmed glasses. The challenge is making the technology small enough to fit that body.
Facebook apparently has a roadmap for development of VR and AR technologies – expected to take four to five years – and that the such technology could be used in remote working environments.
Despite the title of the article, it seems that he's not actually advocating 'teleportation' (at least, not in the traditional sense of being instantaneously beamed from one physical place to another). Instead, he seems to be arguing for the use of AR and VR to create virtual workplaces - which I suppose would have a similar result, but isn't quite the same thing .
But, myself, I'm not sure. As our technology improves, I can see our remote working, Zoom meetings etc. adopting some aspects of a traditional office environment - but only those that actively add value to the job. I can't see an office being recreated entirely in VR, just for the sake of doing it.
Mark Zuckerberg made a brief appearance on the audio-only social network Clubhouse to talk about the future of augmented and virtual reality.
Clubhouse, an invite-only platform where people join essentially large group calls, recently hosted SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, who spoke about the Gamestop stock market crisis.
The Facebook founder spoke on the company’s AR and VR developments saying that its research into the space – from Facebook Reality Labs – is about delivering presence without physical travel.
Mr Zuckerberg said, according to venture capitalist Josh Constine, that the main challenge for these technologies is that they require a form-factor that users will expect, such as thick-rimmed glasses. The challenge is making the technology small enough to fit that body.
Facebook apparently has a roadmap for development of VR and AR technologies – expected to take four to five years – and that the such technology could be used in remote working environments.
Despite the title of the article, it seems that he's not actually advocating 'teleportation' (at least, not in the traditional sense of being instantaneously beamed from one physical place to another). Instead, he seems to be arguing for the use of AR and VR to create virtual workplaces - which I suppose would have a similar result, but isn't quite the same thing .
But, myself, I'm not sure. As our technology improves, I can see our remote working, Zoom meetings etc. adopting some aspects of a traditional office environment - but only those that actively add value to the job. I can't see an office being recreated entirely in VR, just for the sake of doing it.
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