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The Infinite Retina

The Infinite Retina

By : Irena Cronin, Robert Scoble
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The Infinite Retina

The Infinite Retina

By: Irena Cronin, Robert Scoble

Overview of this book

What is Spatial Computing and why is everyone from Tesla, Apple, and Meta investing heavily in it? Irena Cronin and Robert Scoble answer that question to help you understand where Spatial Computing - an augmented reality where humans and machines can interact in a physical space - came from, where it's going, and why it's so fundamentally different from the computers or mobile phones that came before. They present seven visions of the future and the industry verticals in which Spatial Computing has the most influence - Transportation; Technology, Media, and Telecommunications; Manufacturing; Retail; Healthcare; Finance; and Education. The book also shares insights from leading experts, industry veterans and innovators, including Sebastian Thrun, Ken Bretschneider, and Hugo Swart. They dive into what they think will happen in the medium term and what it could mean for humanity in the long term. This new second edition has many substantial updates, including two new chapters on the relevance of Generative AI to Spatial Computing and a new chapter on the impact of the Apple Vision Pro. Each existing chapter has been updated to have the most current information and commentary.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
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Part I: Why Spatial Computing and Why Now?
6
Part II: The Seven Visions
14
Part III: The Spatial Business
19
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20
Index

3D Data Visualization

One area where a start has been made is in data visualization. A company that has focused on using Virtual and Augmented Reality as mediums to visually present data is a start-up called Virtualitics, based in Pasadena, California. Many of the management team and employees went to Caltech; their understanding of data science is extremely good.

A major focus for the company has been to cater to financial clients who need to have complex data represented in a more visual way in order to simplify finding the possible solutions they are looking for.

However, the software that Virtualitics has built is not specially built to handle certain problems or industry verticals―it is very open-ended.

Another company that had a 3D data visualization product, albeit at a very early stage, was a company called Looker. In 2019, Google announced it was acquiring Looker for $2.6 billion.

There are skeptics we have spoken with who are very enamored with the...

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