Future is here.
This is probably my most favorite things to say. I'm very excited about how did the technology improve in recent years, what is being developed now and all the incredible things it promises.
Virtual reality is one of those things that I find pretty amazing to exist. And so, I hope, will you, by the end of this post.
Thanks to VR our interaction with technics will undergo fundamental changes. This conclusion can clearly be withdrawn for the history of computer interfaces in general. In brief:
In The Beginning There Was Nothing...
First computers, huge as the room, didn't even have a monitor. They were interacted with only by educated professionals through a very difficult and time consuming process using punch cards.
As time went by, computers were getting smaller and smaller...first cathode ray tubes monitors and keyboards came. Punched cards got replaced by first programming languages and first interfaces , so-called Command Line Interfaces. It became much easier to use a computer, but still looked like black magic to people: no menus, buttons, or graphics whatsoever.
Then 1968 changed everything in the legendary presentation by D.C. Engelbart, where the concept of using windows, vector graphics, even the mouse were introduced. In fact, first Graphical User Interface was shown. This changed fundamentally the way society perceived computers, moving away from them being just huge calculators for scientists.
More recent history most of you have witnessed. Long story short, in 30-35 years of interface development we've reached the level where everyone, from small kids to old people, can easily use personal computers, tablets and smartphones.
Virtual reality is the next revolutionary step: it's changing the way we will perceive and interact. If today everything works by point-and-click principle, later the navigation will directly depend on kind of the device used. Also, the voice will be used much more than now as there will be no actual keyboard.
Even now anyone can build their own VR glasses and programs (for example Microsoft offers free developer training).
Future IS here. And I'm ready.
Picture taken on Gamescom 2017.
Hope this is not too nerdy for you, folks :)
Anyone tried VR already?
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