After my participation of the State of XR 2019 2020 project, I Again If a technology is accessible, it is not fully immersive.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n If a technology is amazingly immersive, it is not accessible to some population.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n This To be clear, I feel that this conundrum can be overcome. <\/u><\/b> We’re just not there yet. I feel that the solution lies in the fact that we (as in humanity) will be able to adapt to not fully <\/i><\/b>immersive experiences and we’ll call that good enough.<\/span><\/p>\n Over Why is that?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Putting this conundrum in another light, we know that immersive experiences heretofore have used fear as their greatest emotional coinage<\/u> So I don\u2019t have a problem with this. Don\u2019t misinterpret me. <\/span><\/p>\n But We could have selected love as our emotion. What about wonder? Awe? Compassion?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n I\u2019m not saying that there are not XR applications out there that don\u2019t pull upon the non-fear emotions; there are. But why did fear get to the front of the \u201ceffective\u201d line?<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n If you followed my exploration of the History of XR<\/a> series, you know that I was engaging in an exercise of future prediction. As such, I sensed two choices:<\/span><\/p>\n After Here is a simple example:<\/span><\/p>\n At this point, books<\/b> An But back to XR as an entire picture. Justice was built into the very first concepts of human’s imaginings of alternate realities.<\/b> I’ll be spending 2020 contemplating this and looking for examples of justice in XR applications.<\/span><\/p>\n I seek to find justice in:<\/span><\/p>\n AR VR VW – Some quiet and yet profound results are coming from the social application of virtual platforms. Virtual Ability<\/a> It’s almost a new decade! I can’t wait to see what the future does hold. See you there.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n
\n have come to the following three conclusions. The overall results
\nedited by iLRN will replace what was known as the New Media Consortium
\n(NMC) Report for 2020, albeit for XR topics (Virtual Reality, Augmented
\nReality, Mixed Reality, Virtual Worlds) only. The following are the
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\n and again, when my fellow researchers and I examined sources, papers,
\nand examples of XR being used in research and education, we found gaps
\nin either of these concepts. It is as if you can have one but not the
\nother.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n tension spreads far beyond a physical campus or location as well. If a
\nuniversity is investing in maker spaces, 3D printing, or immersive
\nheadsets (all items that are by definition limited to a certain space
\nand time), the tradeoff is that only a few users can partake of an
\nexperience at any given time. This opens up the conundrum of do you
\ninvest heavily in spaces where only a few students benefit? To increase
\naccessibility, do you design immersive rooms instead of VR headsets?
\nThen, if you have a room, do you put more than one person in it? <\/span><\/p>\nThe Most Effective XR has the Highest Stakes<\/span><\/h3>\n
\n and over, as I stack up the pile of research studies that show that XR
\nis an effective conduit of education, the majority of studies right now
\nare from the emergency services: medical, military, police, and fire. <\/span><\/p>\n
\n (2018, Bailenson). For example, put a learner into a training situation
\n where they have to find and rescue a person from a burning building and
\n then begin CPR, you will find that XR gives very<\/i> impressive learning outcomes. <\/span><\/p>\n
\n why was the high stakes emotion of fear the same effective coinage in
\nboth situations? Was that destined to be XR’s first proven success?<\/span><\/p>\n
\n I wonder what it is about \u2018high stakes\u2019 and fear that made this emotion
\n the first to show it works via the research in XR? Bring humans into an
\n experience where it feels scary, but make sure they remember that the
\nsituation isn\u2019t real. The result becomes high entertainment value (i.e.
\nGrand Theft Auto). My point is that there are many other emotions that
\nwe could pick for XR to ellicit\/play on.<\/span><\/p>\nThe Role of Justice is Coming to XR<\/span><\/h3>\n
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\n my study, I decided, as a designer, that choice #2 is the better bet.
\nThat is, if I could find a foundation upon which a feature, design, or
\nproduct was built and *that* foundation was successful, then I would bet
\n that the future feature would be successful. <\/span><\/p>\n
\n are one of humanity’s greatest design successes. Many users want to
\nread (there is market desire) and are more successful after reading
\n(effectiveness is high). Books are predictable; they contain many
\npatterns that are widely understood: title, table of contents, letters
\nform words, words form sentences, sentences form paragraphs, paragraphs
\nare contained arguments, books proceed through an argument from
\nbeginning to an end (in different directions depending on language).<\/span><\/p>\n
\n example conclusion, therefore, is that future XR technologies *must*
\ncontain some element of text to be successful. Purely icon-based
\ncommunication does not feel successful.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n (Hello Plato!) I believe justice is still there, but it is very buried.
\n I look for justice to show up more prominently in the future. There are
\n already calls for XR to be a harassment-free or a prejudice free zone.
\n <\/span><\/p>\n
\n – I look forward to the day when disciplines described today as ‘for
\nthose who have vision’ to be opened to all. For example, in science we
\nknow it is very hard to envision electron orbitals as
\n‘statistically-likely places to find electrons.’ AR will be able to add
\nthat sight to anyone studying the Periodic Table. Just the same for
\nenvisioning the flow of electrons in electricity.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n – Lucas Rizotto’s recently released Oculus game “Where Thoughts Go”
\nintroduces a much more subtle version of empathy, not a bang you over
\nthe head version.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n has been doing spectacular work for years on all kinds of physical and
\nmental ability fronts. I look for this to open up as an increasingly
\nsocially acceptable form of support and thus, justice.<\/span><\/p>\n
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