Picture this… you enter a huge
empty room. As you move forward, you see a small table in the corner of the
room has a pair of glasses. You put those glasses on, and the ‘Magic’
begins!
You suddenly enter a new world! You’re into a beautiful house… a huge living room with an Armani Sofa set, a plush carpet, a huge Swarovski chandelier, a perfectly sized dining table with beautiful silver-wear. You then enter a bedroom, which happens to be furnished with a very comfortable looking king-size bed, a huge wardrobe with a collection of clothes of the most expensive brands. Just as you walk towards the sea-facing balcony, someone taps your shoulder. You turn around and remove your glasses and suddenly you’re snapped out of the ‘Magic’!!
Magic?!... Not
really! This is how a real-estate broker will sell you a new house! This is a
sneak-peak into the future through “Virtual Reality”(VR)!
I recently
ordered a VR Headset through Amazon and tried using it for some VR applications
available on the Google Play Store. Interesting!! Only wish my VR headsets were
3D!
Google Glass
is another very interesting piece of technology. Tremendously powerful!! It
however is an example of “Augmented Reality” (AR).
AR and VR have
been around since a while but seem to have picked steam after the launch of
Google Glass. Other technology majors like Microsoft and Facebook have also
started investing heavily into these areas.
Google
recently announced that they will be launching a new version of Google Glass
Enterprise Edition by 2016 and will focus on industries like Healthcare &
Fashion. Sounds interesting, doesn’t it?!
You don’t need
to actually try out new clothes! You stand in-front of the mirror, put-on the
google glass, swipe through the clothes which you can see through the glass and
try them out virtually!
‘Project Soli’
by Google, again is something that excited me instantly. This amazing
technology identifies the gestures you make using your fingers! Watch the video
below to know more about it.
I know!
Amazing…… isn’t it??
Now, picture
this….you enter a BMW showroom along with your wife and your 2 kids. You are
escorted into a beautiful looking room and are asked to sit on very cozy
chairs. You put on the glasses and suddenly find yourself in the all-new X6. It
suddenly starts snowing as you zip through Rohtang pass. You open the sun-roof
by moving your hand towards the button next to the steering wheel and get a
captivating view of the snow-clad Himalayan range.
Snap out!!! All
this isn’t true yet but my bet is that 5 years down the line, these will become
a necessity for every consumer oriented organization. An amalgamation of these
3 technologies will take customer experience to the next level.
Do let me know
what you think of these technologies! Till then, Get-Teched!!!
