The Infinite Retina: Spatial Computing, Augmented Reality, and how a collision of new technologies are bringing about the next tech revolution

Cover
Copyright
Packt Page
Foreword
Contributors
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Prime Directive
	What Makes Us Human?
	Drivers and Benefits
	Potential Dangers
	Understanding the Natural World
	Faster Wireless Leads to New Affordances
	Data, Data, Data Everywhere
	The Impulse to Capture, Understand, and Share
	Dancing Into Different Worlds
	The Frustrated Pioneer
	Breakthroughs in Sensors
	Driven to Improve
	Hands-on Use
	Beginning
Chapter 2: Four Paradigms and Six Technologies
	Introduction
	The Four Paradigms
		Paradigm One – The Arrival of the Personal Computer
		Paradigm Two – Graphical Interfaces and Thinking
		Paradigm Three – Mobile
		Paradigm Four – Spatial Computing
	Six Technologies
		Optics and Displays
		Wireless and Communications
		Control Mechanisms (Voice, Eyes, and Hands)
		Sensors and Mapping
		Computing Architectures
		Artificial Intelligence (Decision Systems)
	Evolution
Chapter 3: Vision One – Transportation Automates
	A Future Vision
	The Paths to Autonomy
	Falling Car Transportation Costs
	Autonomous Vehicle Round-up
		Zoox
		Ford
		General Motors' Cruise
		Uber
		Waymo
		Tesla
		Lyft, Magna, and Aptiv
		Hyundai, Pony.ai, Aptiv, and Aurora
		Aurora
		Driven and Oxbotica
		Autonomous Trucks
		Flying Cars (eVTOLs)
	The Autonomous and Electric Culture Shock
	The Future City
		The Changing City
			Auto Dealers
			Smart Roads
			Interstates
			Factories
			Real Estate
			Remote Working
			Travel Times and Ranges
			Navigation
			Green Thinking
			AI Assistants
			Entertainment
			Fewer Cars
	"Data Bubbles" Will Abound
Chapter 4: Vision Two ‒ Virtual Worlds Appear
	From 2D to 3D
		Increasing the Bandwidth
		Change is Coming
	Emergence as a Human Hook
		The Brain and VR
		The Right Tool for the Job
	The "Glassholes" Show the Way
		Defeated Expectations
		Where Did Things Go Wrong?
		What It Means to be Human
	Embodiment, Immersion, Presence, Empathy, and Emergence
		Embodiment and Immersion
		Evolution
		Facebook has the Edge
		Market Evolution
		2014's New Wave
		Inside-out
		Mistakes Were Made
	The Spectrum ‒ Augmented Reality from Mobile to Mixed Reality
		Closer Computers
		The Origins and Limitations of Augmented Reality
		Wearable AR
		Too Much and Too Little
		Getting Past the Setbacks
		Vergence and Accommodation
		Fast, Cheap, or Good
		Differences to Be Aware Of
		From Kinect to the HoloLens
		Technology Takes a Leap
		Patents and Problems
	Volumetric and Light Field: Capturing Our World in a New Way
		Shrinking Concepts, Expanding Horizons
		Shooting Some Volumetric
		Camera Magic
	AR Clouds (3D Mapping) and Internet Infrastructure Including 5G
		A New Kind of Map
		Building a Map
		Ready for 5G
	New Audio Capabilities Arrive
		Audio Augmentation
		Spatial Audio
	Gaming and Social VR Experiences
		A World Without Rules
		The Ripples of the VR Phenomenon
		Building a VR Community
		Great Expectations
	Location-Based VR
		The Void
		Dreamscape Immersive
		Sandbox VR
	Cinematic and Interactive Experiences
		Festivals That Include VR
		Marketing the Unmarketable
		Engineering Experiences
	Content Production and Previsualization
	The Merging of the Virtual and the Real
Chapter 5: Vision Three – Augmented Manufacturing
	Robots and Other Augmentation
	Augmented Reality Visions and Informed Robots
	The Mirror World Comes to Factory Floors
	The Human Robot
Chapter 6: Vision Four ‒ Robot Consumers
	What Drives Consumers?
		Getting Emotional
		Now in 3D
	Retail Destruction? No, But Radical Change Underway
		Trying to Keep Up
		Looking Ahead
		Variations on a Retail Theme
		Amazon Go is Watching You
	Spatial Computing for Logistics
		Spatial Computing Delivery Methods – Robots, Drones, Future
	In Your Living Room and Elsewhere ‒ Spatial Computing Marketing Experiences
		Starting in the Living Room
		A Personalized Experience
		The VR World
		Making an Impact
		A "No Install Needed" AR World
	The Past and The Future
	Will Anything Remain the Same?
Chapter 7: Vision Five ‒ Virtual Healthcare
	The Virtualist
	Fixing Humans―Surgery Preparation and Surgery
	Brain Tricks/Virtual Medicine
	The Virtual Coach and the "Check Engine Light"
	Data, Data, Everywhere
	Precision and Personalization
Chapter 8: Vision Six – Virtual Trading and Banking
	3D Data Visualization
	Virtual Trading
	ATM Security and Facial Payment Machines
	Virtual Branch Functionality and Customer Service
	Future Adoption
Chapter 9: Vision Seven ‒ Real-Time Learning
	Experiential Digital Learning
		No Teachers, Books, or Movies? New Approaches in the Offing
	Brainier Learning
	The Future of Education
		The Grabbable Classroom
		Workplace Training and Simulation
	A Virtual Arm for Human Resources
	Our Learning Futures
Chapter 10: The Always Predicted World
	The Predictive Breakthrough
		Glasses That Understand You
		(Human) Assistance Not Required
			Pervasive
			Proactive
			Connected
	Data Dance With Seven Verticals
		Transportation
		Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT)
		Manufacturing
		Retail
		Healthcare
		Finance
		Education
	The "Bubbleland"
		The Bubble Network
		Unified Learning, Shared Experiences
	Pervasive and Proactive Future Assistance
Chapter 11: Spatial Computing World-Makers
	The Market Illuminator
	The Pain Reducer
	The Investing Visionary
	The Immersive Genius
	The Synthetics Craftsman
	The Chip Innovator
	The Future Flyer
	Spatial Computing Paths
Chapter 12: How Human?
	Transformative Experience
	Privacy and Security
		On Facebook and Cambridge Analytica
		OJ Simpson and Location Data
		Apple and the FBI
	Identity and Ownership
		Blurred Faces on Google Street View
		China and Facial Recognition
		Issues with Facial Recognition in the US and Europe
	Human Social Good
Epilogue
Index