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XR and the Future of
Immersive Technology
a sharing by Vincent Lau
IoT Chapter Vice-President and Digital Resources
Committee Member of SCS

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Scope
State of XR Development 4
Industry Use Cases 11
Future of Immersive Technology 20
Q&A 23
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State of XR Development
What can we do with AR, VR and MR now?
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State of XR Development
Extended
Reality

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The AR/VR Stack
Hardware / Enablement
Development
Applications
Distribution
State of XR Development

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XR Development Spectrum
Virtual Reality Augmented Reality Mixed Reality
State of XR Development
Mixed Reality Toolkit

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VR/AR/MR Trends
State of XR Development
AR
VR MR
Mar 25, 2021
Real, and easily accessible
● AR is now intrinsic in all iOS/Android phones
● High-fi VR (e.g. Oculus, Hive), and Low-fi (smart phone-based goggles) have made VR
readily accessible to the masses
● An explosion of AR Games (e.g. Pokemon Go), but MR (e.g. Hololens) is still nascent

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Standardizing the App Interface for XR
State of XR Development

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XR Market
State of XR Development
Source: Statista

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Industry Use Cases
Impact on major industries
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Gaming
Entertainment
Navigation
Education
Marketing
Types of XR Applications
Industry Use Case
Retail
Maintenance
Urban Planning
Tourism
Digital Twins
Industry 4.0
Healthcare
Productivity Military

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Gaming
Industry Use Case

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Marketing
Industry Use Case

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Retail
Industry Use Case

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Tourism & Navigation
Industry Use Case

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Education & The Arts
Industry Use Case

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Entertainment
Industry Use Case

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Entertainment
Industry Use Case

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Future of Immersive Technology
We live in a multi-reality universe
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How Edge & 5G will boost AR/MR
Future of Immersive Technology
Next Up: Immersive Computing
● Form factor of a goggles will be reduced to a light and simple eyewear, fueled by the
proliferation of 5G and edge computing
● Magic Leap vs Facebook Glasses (releasing in late 2021) vs Apple Glasses (rumoured)
Source: Ericsson 5G network in a distributed architecture

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Into the Metaverse
Future of Immersive Technology
● Non-Fungible Tokens + AR/VR
Giving digital assets real value
● NFT Art in AR
● Meitu NFT-AR cosmetic soon?
● Living in Decentraland

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Q & A
Thank you
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