Technology is an amazing thing that is constantly improving (for the most part). today we will be discussing AR glasses and their potential. If you don’t know how the display works I suggest you read my previous article, but in summary you are seeing a live feed of the world around you projected onto glasses with software placing layer upon layer your base, being the real world.
The potential is absurd, everything from driving, surgery, first responders, learning, scientific research, and ofcourse just overall fun. Instead of glancing at our phones as we drive, companies such as BMW have created cars that project things like navigation onto your windshield. Even if you have an outdated car, you can just wear normal AR glasses. Each of these are not just 3D google maps; you could get notifications just to the side of your view while never taking your eyes off the road. Surgeons could use it to find things such as tumors in all the blood and possibly see how deep and wide they need to cut. First responders could see danger areas through smoke, see how far displaced a bone is/ rough area of where the bone should be, see who needs help and the safest wrote to carry them out. The possibilities are endless!
Classrooms--especially language classrooms--could use glasses to envelope the children in the culture. With AI tutors, children can learn at their own pace while teachers can observe and view the struggles, the material they are working on, and even how they are predicted to solve the struggles, as well as overall statistics. Scientists can run simulations, placing people in space, viewing the solar system. Archeologists are using this to remove the layers of the earth to find buried cities before they start to dig. Even if you have no interest in those above, with AR glasses, you can walk around town and just see cool effects, see your town covered in it’s home team colors, live in a Steampunk world, stand in a winter wonderland, the possibilities are endless. With that we will traverse into our next article, the dangers of AR glasses.