The Future of Augmented Reality
Many people often ask me: How do you envision AR in our lives in the future? I do not have all the answers for this question, but I can hypothesis how I see people using Leo AR in their lives today, and what AR will be like in the near future.
I believe kids will have their own AR glass, probably made by Hasbro, Disney, Snap, etc. This will likely be in the main living room or bedroom and will allow kids to create any new scenes or worlds they want around them. The children will use their AR glass for entertainment and learning (much like they use the ipads today).
AR glasses are a great way for supplemental learning or it might just replace the old textbooks. Most children will have a new and interactive way to learn through AR glass that will make learning more fun and memorable. I think it will be way more than just a supplemental tool at home to help kids that are visual. For example, if the child is having a hard time understanding a cube or a sphere, they can download an AR Geometry app and get a more visual explanation of the radius or surface area of that object.
The children will have AR glasses in their classrooms as well, like today’s laptops that they receive. AR glass in the classroom will completely change how kids interact and learn. They will no longer need to go to field trips or museums (although they still can), because the AR glasses will allow them to bring any part of the outside world into the classroom. Imagine the Great Pyramid of Giza on the table, the Taj Mahal on your desk or a human cell 100X the size floating in front of the classroom. The whole classroom can be decorated like an African safari filled with vegetation, animals, insects, and flora and fauna as if you were really there in the Africa Savannah.
Imagine outer space in the classroom with star constellations, planets orbiting, and many other scenes that can completely engage every child in the classroom. These glasses will bring in wild and extinct animals, remote locations and buildings, share stories, teach children how to write, learn math, teach them instruments, etc.
Adults will also have their own AR glass, likely on their work desk, kitchen and/or living room. There might be an AR glass in the car if AR is not already activated in the windows by then. Perhaps there will be one glass per person, per household, much like a cell phone today. If an adult is in the kitchen, they can use the AR glass to quickly look up recipes and see how people are cooking that meal. The instructions or the recipe can be overlaid in the kitchen space which makes it easier for them to access the list or view how to cook quickly. If you want to entertain yourself in the living room, you can use the AR glass to re-decorate the room, play a quick game of Scrabble or chess. There’s a variety of ways to use AR glass for adults beyond learning new subjects, help in configuring furniture, fixing parts in your household (like a leaking bathtub or sink), or enjoying a fun game of tennis.
There are many ways that AR will supercharge our lives and worlds. These are just a few ways that I imagine AR glass being a normal part of all of our lives in the near future.
Dana Loberg is CEO and Founder of Leo AR, the first augmented reality communications platform that gives anyone the power to enrich the world around them with realistic 3D and 4D animated objects and photogrammetry. Follow her @luckyloberg.