Virtual and augmented reality technology can also make a significant contribution to the development of industries.
Virtual reality has come a long way since the mid 90s. Users can now have VR glasses, such as the Oculus Rift, where they can experience flying an airplane without even leaving their room or walking in an imaginary kingdom.
Augmented reality has also crossed a similar threshold. One of AR's first application areas was games that help you hunt monsters in the backyard of your home with the help of a laptop, a hood and a GPS. With just a smartphone, it is now possible to add yourself a rabbit ear in any app or catch Pokémon on the street.
So what's going on with the industries?
Engineers are using VR and AR technologies to better understand costs and what benefits they can bring to their business. These technologies help train technicians, repair infrastructures and even prevent potential hazards. We have compiled for you some applications that use these non-"virtual" technologies, such as:
Virtual Trainings
It is a great opportunity to give an enhanced training program for employees. Some jobs are not only dangerous, they may also cost so much time and effort. For example a trainee tries to control gigantic cranes that lift high-voltage circuit breakers in electrical substations. However, he/she is not even close to a real electricity grid. Trainee trying to improve his own skills with VR glasses in a small conference room.
If there was no such opportunity, training should’ve been given in a physical environment from the beginning, which meant time and high cost. But now, a VR practice session maybe takes only 20 minutes and can be applied anywhere, anytime, and much more reliable. Trainees can try a maneuver until it succeeds.
Ghost Limbs
VR technology may allow technicians to pass this field work part soon. Because robot engineer teams has designed small robots that can access small or dangerous areas that people cannot enter. Their next target is telerobotics; that is, using VR to teleport and control the robot's working environment.
These tiny robots use the lidar, which is a radar type based on laser beams instead of radio waves, to determine the shapes around it. He then transfers the 3D image he acquires to an operator wearing VR glasses. Technicians, on the other hand, can move the “arm” of the robot in the field using the controls.
Virtual Journey in the Human Body
One day, doctors will be able to wear VR glasses to observe the bright membrane of the lungs or the pinkish tissue of the brain. There are some departments that work on this topic so we see some great developments. For example, a certain part of the body can be “entered” and examinations such as polyps, tumors and lesions can be examined.