Evolution of Immersive Technology: Journey of Computational Reality

Abstract

ABSTRACT

In this modern era, Technology is influencing the human life in every field that is making every single person able to harness actively the latest technical trend. It encourages the brisk pace development of creation of thrived form of actuality mixed with digitalized or computerized delusory world. Decades ago, Even the imagination of having a printed magazine and a mobile phone were just in thoughts. But today with the help of immersive technology development, we are having the imagination and tangibility connected with each other with a fine bridge created between the virtuality and reality. VR (Virtual Reality) and AR (Augmented Reality) are also the adequate appropriate technologies which have given an amazing definition to the human’s thoughts or the fantasies that were existing just in imagination. AR and VR have given a portrait model for the human’s illusory world with fantastic feature provided to live in that imaginary world too. This enhanced technology enables users to interact with virtual and real time applications and to bring out the natural experiences or feel to user. With the exuberance of practices of Ivan Sutherland in 1968 in the development of “a window of virtual world”, had served the biggest concept in the creation of VR and AR. This concept has created a major impact in the field of technology. From 3D games to the treatment of psychological disorders, from entertainment industry to education, VR has left no stone unturned. Snapchat, Google Lens and Google glass are the fine examples of the development of AR in a positive number. The games like Pokemon Go, Jurassic World Alive, Zombies Run, Harry Potter and many other have the feature with AR to facilitate the user to play with the characters of the popular games in their surroundings. Also, the Google lens and Google glass device were unveiled by Google. Google glass is a device with a pair of AR glasses that helps in different kind of experiences. Google lens uses AR for better navigation and searching the destination with a description provided for every place. Google maps, Gmail and Google+ and other several applications are working with AR. Proliferation of affordable hardware and software have made AR and VR more adored and feasible in many domains. In addition, the merging of AR and VR has led to MR (Mixed Reality), where a user can have both VR and AR experiences together. Even today the world is developing the combination of AR, VR and MR to be leading to XR (Extended Reality) for betterment of real time experiences. Now-a-days the business organizations are using these methods to boost the education of employees, as it is on peak, the investors might be very engaged towards immersive technology development. AR and VR are rooted in the technology deeply as they are having their fascinating global attraction and attention of users, developers and investors. Globally, AR and VR market in 2019 was estimated to be $16.8 Billion and by 2023 forecast, it will be almost at $34 Billion. Mainly Gaming and Entertainment holds 40.5 % of VR market share. Inclusively AR and VR both technologies are affecting Education, Military, Healthcare, Fashion industry, Entertainment, Heritage, Media, Sport, Business, etc. Today, almost each field is fragmented by the fragrance of the growth of immersive technology. This research is mainly focused to highlight the entire journey of growth of immersive technology. Here, the evolution of AR and VR in every field is salient point for the research with a futuristic approach and scope is determined in positive manner with the applications and impacts on human’s life.

Keywords: Immersive Technology, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, Extended, Reality