Spatial computing is becoming the future of work and play. The AR/VR B2C industry is currently projected to make at least $31.12 billion in 2023 and is predicted to rise to $52.05 billion in 2027.
What is Augmented Reality?
Augmented, mixed, and virtual reality involve using spatial computing to create a computer-generated reality.
Although technology is becoming progressively smaller, spatial computing is growing rapidly.
Augmented reality adds contextual digital information superimposed on your view of the actual world.
Virtual reality is a fully immersive digital-only environment with interactive components.
Mixed reality puts digital elements in reality with interactive physical and digital components.
These near-to-eye display technologies allow users to interface in 3D.
By 2024, experts believe there will be 1.4 billion devices with AR capabilities worldwide.
How Does Spatial Computing Work in Our Lives?
Spatial computing is being adopted in various aspects of our lives, including work, play, and education.
It enhances how we experience the world, especially with 3D visuals, sound, and haptics.
In fact, 49% of consumers want AR for gaming, 33% of them want it for workouts, and 28% want it for shopping.
Others also want to incorporate AR into real-time GPS, real-time messaging, and education.
Adopting spatial computing into work means performing holographic calls for business from any location.
It also involves completing projects fully at work, collaborating on documents, and translating online.
In terms of play, more games will be available in the metaverse, wearing unique and playful fashion pieces.
And listening to audio through spatial sound, and being able to sing karaoke anywhere.
Spatial computing can be used in education to enhance interactive learning, create interactive trips, and write interactive notes.
It will become easier for the healthcare field to personalize patient care, make staff improvements, and gather biometric data.
Spatial computing still has a lot to look forward to in the near future.
One is the replacement of mobile phones as the adoption of near-to-eye displays increases.
The global smartphone market actually declined by 14% in 2023 as the global sales of AR glasses rose by more than 45%.
AR glasses use waveguide technology, specifically reflective waveguides, to bring augmented reality to life.
The micro-display generates the virtual image and directs it toward the waveguide.
The reflective waveguides expand the pupil and project the image toward the eye.
What Are The Benefits of Spatial Technology?
The benefits of this technology include enabling an 80-degree field of view, up to 10 times higher brightness, and at least five times greater battery efficiency.
With new technological advancements continuously in the works, spatial computing is expected to change completely how we interact online and offline.
Brian Wallace is the Founder and President of NowSourcing, an industry-leading content marketing agency that makes the world’s ideas simple, visual, and influential. Brian has been named a Google Small Business Advisor for 2016-present, joined the SXSW Advisory Board in 2019-present and became an SMB advisor for Lexmark in 2023.
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