A trip to the future

Augmented reality and virtual reality will make an entry into education and research

Ian Pearson, Futurizon: We are entering an excitingperiod for education. Ongoing miniaturisation of IT, coupled with advances inartificial intelligence, mobility and wireless speed, all mean that augmentedreality and virtual reality will make an entry into education and increase itspresence in all branches of research. The costs and environmental impacts willbe much less than today's, even with such advances in capability. But othersuggestions about lecturers being made redundant by the web will be shown to befalse. Advancing computer technology will instead show up those areas wherepeople have a distinct advantage, and teaching will very much be part of thecoming care economy, where information work is automated but human skillsdominate.  

A trip to the future

September 16, 2009 09:50

Ian Pearson, Futurizon: We are entering an excitingperiod for education. Ongoing miniaturisation of IT, coupled with advances inartificial intelligence, mobility and wireless speed, all mean that augmentedreality and virtual reality will make an entry into education and increase itspresence in all branches of research. The costs and environmental impacts willbe much less than today's, even with such advances in capability. But othersuggestions about lecturers being made redundant by the web will be shown to befalse. Advancing computer technology will instead show up those areas wherepeople have a distinct advantage, and teaching will very much be part of thecoming care economy, where information work is automated but human skillsdominate.  

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