{"id":45150,"date":"2023-10-20T15:41:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/robert-scoble-on-how-virtual-reality-is-changing-the-world-before-our-eyes-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:41:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:41:29","slug":"robert-scoble-on-how-virtual-reality-is-changing-the-world-before-our-eyes-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/robert-scoble-on-how-virtual-reality-is-changing-the-world-before-our-eyes-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Scoble on how virtual reality is changing the world before our eyes – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Robert<\/div>\n

Robert Scoble is one the world\u2019s leading tech bloggers and has access to some of the most exclusive demos in leading-edge technology.<\/p>\n

In his keynote speech at the SouthStart conference in Adelaide, Scoble outlined the disruptive tech emerging before our very eyes that will not only change how people do business, but will create new opportunities that entrepreneurs should be jumping on today.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re entering into the fourth user face,\u201d Scoble says.<\/p>\n

Touch screens were once as exciting as mobile phones, which were once as exciting as home computers, and today\u2019s exciting technology is augmented reality.<\/p>\n

The night before his keynote speech, Scoble was in Israel where he saw a camera system that categorises things as you see through it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt starts learning from us and it\u2019s watching us,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re gong to map out this world very quickly when we get these new augmented reality glasses.\u201d<\/p>\n

This tech combined with the likes of Magic Leap will be ground breaking, he says.<\/p>\n

Magic Leap raised $1.3 billion last week and is expecting a new round soon to be led by more Chinese investors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have no product and they have no customers,\u201d Scoble says.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut they do have a fantastic new optic system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other virtual glasses like Microsoft HoloLens are creating more and more advanced features that let users experience the physical world with holograms through multiple sensors and virtual items.<\/p>\n

There are three other advanced hologram glass products being built and Scoble predicts it will change the landscape of journalism, gaming, business education and more.<\/p>\n

This tech will allows users to instantly visualise 3D maps and charts, bring up virtual screens and control these with their bare hands.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt fools your mind into thinking it\u2019s real,\u201d Scoble says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new world is going to be controlled by our eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scoble says there are nine companies around the world building augmented reality glasses today that are taking immersive tech to the next level.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithin three to five years, we\u2019re going to have a pair of glasses from one of nine companies that\u2019s going to do this kind of stuff,” he says.<\/p>\n

Virtual reality today<\/h3>\n

Scoble was able to try out Facebook Occulus Rift at a demo, which let the user play table tennis with someone else on the other side of the world.<\/p>\n

He also saw it bring executives to tears when they were immersed in a Syrian refugee camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never seen a product cause emotion like this product,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never seen a product cause fear and vertigo like this product.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scoble says his favourite VR headset is HTC Vive which comes with controllers that let users build and create the space around them in 3D.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very close to getting Magic or VR experiences from your mobile device,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Job disruption and creation<\/h3>\n

With the rise of new tech comes the inevitable debate about jobs, Scoble says.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow many jobs these are going to kill?\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re going to kill millions.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the development of driverless cars, there won\u2019t be a need for Uber drivers, he says, and with that there will be less demand for trauma surgeons, traffic police, tow truck drivers and replacement part manufacturers.<\/p>\n

But there are always new jobs, he says.<\/p>\n

Before ending his tour in Adelaide, Scoble visited Paris, Tel Aviv and London.<\/p>\n

On his Paris stop, Scoble visited the Eiffel Tower with a small VR business.<\/p>\n

At the top of the tower, while they were being guided to all the major attractions of the city, their VR headsets allowed them to pick and enter sites like the Notre Dame or the Louvre.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can go into those places and see which ones you want to see in those next two days,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a three week old business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scoble also discovered a South African doctor who has used virtual reality to revolutionise her therapy and improve the performance of elite athletes.<\/p>\n

She does so by taking them through a 10-minute virtual reality game that helps fix specific problems in their performance like missing a ball from a particular angle.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe found a way to hack her brain and make her eyes work better,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Emerging virtual and augmented reality programs are changing how we build, design and create.<\/p>\n

It has been used in China to design Disneyland and by Ford to create upcoming cars, he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it\u2019s leading to a whole bunch of new businesses,\u201d Scoble says.<\/p>\n

StartupSmart attended the SouthStart conference as a guest of Brand South Australia.<\/em><\/p>\n

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