Augmented and virtual reality technology is still in the very early stages of development, but it's already rapidly changing how we do business and innovate. Following is a transcript of the video. Augmented and virtual reality are still in the very early stages of development, but they’re already rapidly changing some industries. Here’s how. NASA has a massive virtual reality lab it uses to train astronauts. The lab teaches astronauts how to walk in space, which used to be almost impossible to teach, as astronauts didn’t really know what to expect if they hadn’t done it before. NASA is also using Microsoft’s HoloLens to “travel” to Mars. They hope to be able to use the technology to control future rovers and virtually explore the land around the rovers.
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Founded about 10 months ago with the backing of Lifeline Ventures, Tamares and the Finnish Innovation Fund, Helsinki-based startup Varjo Technologies Oy promises a 70x resolution improvement over currently shipping VR/AR and mixed reality solutions. The company has built-up an augmented reality headset prototype codenamed “20|20” (as for perfect eye-sight) which it claims delivers an astounding 70 million pixels of effective resolution over a 100º field of view. This is to be compared with today's Oculus Rift clocking at 1.2Mpixels over the same field of view.
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