web xr and the immersive web

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It's interesting to me that the current craze around the "metaverse" seems to fuel an irrational belief that people want to experience a "make believe" reality that is essentially a low fidelity reproduction of "reality". In general, I think the power of VR is the potential to experience things that aren't possible or safe in "real life". I don't really think this is a widespread desire and the markets seem to be reflecting this.

When I think about how much money is being lit on fire to build recreations of office environments that mimic real office environments, I def see a larger open space of "other stuff" much like when the web was in it's early days. It's a bit too early to really fully understand what the future of Immersive Experiences will be, I imagine a new crop of productivity apps on the horizon that look nothing like a "virtaul meeting room" (BUT WITH LEGS! :p )

Some examples I'm musing:

  • Data visualization tools that put you "inside" the data. "PowerBI for VR"
  • "Assisted Driving" with the ability to have a co-driver/navigator "in vehicle" with you, but able to remotely overlay data/maps/whatever
  • Monitoring tools with animations that illustrate data flows and problems (maybe the server shows up in flames if it's got a problem) adding in perhaps positional sound to help track down potential problems
  • CAD/CAM tools. While current tools "can" be used, having better user experience for creating detailed mechanical parts/simulations would be a killer app

I'm really curious, what other applications/tools do folks predict may become real in the coming years?

Take a look atwww.immersiveidea.com for a preview into a design tool I've been playing around with.

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