What stands behinind this codename ? It is a project on which researchers in the Microsoft lab of Jaron Lanier are working on. It is focused on multiperson virtual reality. Sounds good.
What is all about ?
As I've mentioned, project is focused on possibility to interact with same virtual object by many persons during one session. It opens many different possibilities for VR as a technology. I'm not talking about gaming - but to be honest this is the first one I thought about - but about training software or for the first time business usage.
Virtual reality is getting more and more popular, the technology allows us to achive really great things using it and one of the biggest limitation is that you can do all this fantastic things only by yourself. Of course you can show the results on the screen but you can't invite anybody into your virtual world.
Think how military training can change if there would be a possibility to render whole world for whole team. What about architecture ? Design a building, or bridge and show it to potential investor, invite him for a virtual walk and show everything what you will be able to achive if he will fund it.
Natural step ?
Probably yes. As I've mentioned, we can currently do a lot of great stuff using VR, our technology allows us to build whole new worlds, VR devices are getting more handy and comfortable in usage. It was a matter of time when someone would want to get something more. This may be it.
In this article I've mentioned that virtual reality already lost the "wow" effect. It is with us for so long time and that made it not as fascinating as before. If we achive multiperson interaction it may change, it can be an impuls for VR reborn.
I hope they will do it. I know that we need to wait for true effect of their work but current progress is very promissing.
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