The complicated future of augmented and virtual reality
THE BIG PICTURE: "The road that VR and AR are on is well-paved in tech.
Initial buzz leads to overheated enthusiasm, then a "trough of disillusionment."
After that, there's a steady march in which the technology ends up meeting or surpassing expectations even while taking far longer than anyone anticipated. . ."IMPACT on proposed $164M ASU Creative Futures Lab ???
. . . The problem for AR and VR is that several key ingredients — battery life, screen resolution and comfort — aren't where they need to be for either technology to go mainstream, especially for consumers.
What's next: At last week's Snapdragon Summit, Ina Fried had a chance to try out technology from startup Spatial, which aims to create virtual collaboration for business users across different kinds of devices and platforms. (See video here.)
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