Apple Maps introduces new ways to explore major cities in 3D
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/09/apple-maps-introduces-new-ways-to-explore-major-cities-in-3d/
With iOS 15, Apple Maps introduces step-by-step walking guidance in augmented reality. Users can simply raise their iPhone to scan buildings in the area, and Maps generates a highly accurate position to deliver detailed directions that can be viewed in the context of the real world.
The 3rd Era of Social Is Coming. Are You Ready?
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/3rd-era-social-coming-you-ready-joe-lazauskas/
The News Feed made Facebook an actual social network. In turn, the News Feed became synonymous with social media.
Twitter’s feed was chronological, so you could tweet out a ton of links to content and get consistent clicks from your followers. Facebook’s algorithm was incredibly friendly to “link posts” that sent users to news or blog articles.
Stories let Snapchat users post a series of snaps that would last for 24 hours, and it was an immediate hit.
Stories were so absurd on LinkedIn that the company is shutting it down by the end of this month).
TikTok’s success has often been attributed to its algorithm, which is very good at predicting the type of video you’ll like. But TikTok is also so successful because it plays on the same part of our brain that makes gambling so addictive. random reinforcement
As our research showed earlier this year, people will continue to consume content in an array of different formats—from blog posts to YouTube to podcasts to good old-fashioned memes.
https://axonpark.com/how-effective-is-vr-training-13-case-studies-and-examples/
VR trained students showed a 250% improvement in their ability to accurately complete a safety procedure
VR trained surgeons were 29% faster and made 6x fewer errors
VR training is 83% less expensive and 50% faster than traditional in-person simulation
83% of VR-trained surgical residents could successfully perform a new procedure, whereas 0% of the traditionally trained residents could do the same
50% reduction in critical surgical errors and 34x reduction in cost for VR trained learners
Over 400% increase in long-term retention for VR trained students
40% fewer mistakes made by surgeons who train in virtual reality
80% savings in training time for VR learners
VR learners are 40% more confident in applying what they’re taught
VR is 400% faster than classroom based learning
VR-based learners are 3.75x more emotionally connected to learning content
VR learners are 150% less distracted
85% of learners prefer VR over traditional methods
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more on haptic in this iMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=haptic
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/94636/virtual-reality-collaboration-transforming-veteran-health-care/
Augmented reality can be a valuable therapeutic tool for Veterans. Through a previous three-year evaluation of Veterans using Waya Health’s VR tools in inpatient and long-term care settings at the Western North Carolina VA Health Care System (WNCVAHCS), in Asheville, N.C., 84 percent of Veterans reported reduction in discomfort, 89 percent reported reduction in stress, 96 percent reported enjoying their experience, and 97 percent said they would recommend it to their peers.
A SHORT HISTORY OF EVERY TIME APPLE CEO TIM COOK PRAISED AUGMENTED REALITY
https://www.theverge.com/21077484/apple-tim-cook-ar-augmented-reality
While he once said it was hard to see the appeal of Google Glass, the AR wearable that proved unpopular with consumers, he’s held a consistently positive opinion on AR since at least 2016.
AR features are already available on the iPhone and iPad. And while hope is starting to fade that Apple will release a mixed reality device in 2022, the latest rumors suggest the company is still forging ahead with some kind of AR / VR headset to be released in the not-distant future.
Boosted by virtual reality and AI, telesurgery is on the rise
“The goal is surgeons who have the world’s best expert surgeon virtually at their side in every case and the experience of thousands of cases,” says University of Washington’s Dr. Sam Browd.
https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/boosted-virtual-reality-and-ai-telesurgery-rise
telesurgery is the ability to take detailed, in-depth data in the operative room and share it in real time, anywhere, and with imperceptible latency, so assisting surgeons can have the experience of depth perception and immersion as if they were in the operative room next to the lead surgeon.
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more on immersive nursing in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=immersive+nursing