There is a new paradigm coming. It will arrive in full force by 2025.
It is Spatial Computing.
Computing that you, a robot, or a virtual being, can move through.
Some
think it's ambient computing. That's a piece. Some think it's augmented
reality. That's a piece. Some think it's virtual reality. That's a
piece. Those all fit under the spatial computing tent.
We can feel it when we go into an Amazon Go store where hundreds of cameras and sensors are watching our every move.
We can feel it when we put on a Microsoft HoloLens and move virtual factories around with our bare hands. No mouse needed.
We
can feel it when we look at the new Samsung Note 10 phones that have a
3D sensor with hundreds of thousands of data points. That lets your
phone do augmented reality that is pretty mind blowing, actually.
We
can feel it when we see surgeries being prepared for, and done, with
augmented reality glasses (and I know of one, coming, that even saves
surgeons' own lives).
We can feel it when we see robots delivering things in Las Vegas hotels.
We
can feel it when we see a self-driving car whiz past while we sit in a
Mountain View cafe. Or, when you let a Tesla drive you, like I do every
day.
We can feel it when Merge Labs announces they have sold a
million augmented reality cubes, mostly to teachers who are starting to
teach in a new way.
We can feel it when we talk to the founder of
Sketchfab and he shows us his stats are going up exponentially, now with
millions of 3D models in his search engine.
I remain sure that demand will be higher than Microsoft originally anticipated.
Seeing this, and knowing that Toyota has clearly invested time and effort to study this... you have to ask yourself "are they going to us it more, or less?"
The eye-catching finish of a new car does not come easy. At Toyota,
the coating film thickness of every vehicle goes through a strict
inspection process to ensure it is uniform and evenly distributed. Until
now, that had been a laborious task. Custom-made papers — with holes at
regular intervals — had to be cut and carefully applied onto a car’s
curved surface. The holes served as guides for workers with measuring
equipment, who scan the whole vehicle.
The process was tedious. A single inspection would take two people an entire day to complete. With HoloLens, the process of inspecting paint thickness of new cars has reduced from a day to two hours.Now with HoloLens, one person can do in just two hours.
Kayano’s have designed an app that enables them to skip the
cut and paste process. Using HoloLens, a digital array of dots is
projected directly onto a real car. Workers with HoloLens headset scan
and inspect a car’s painted surface quickly and easily. This increases
their productivity and frees up their time to do more meaningful tasks.
Been doing a lot of studying and preparation for going a new direction -- and as the biggest job here is to wait for an announcement it's getting the most attention.
Next week I'll leave for some training that will have me head-down and fully occupied until November.
Watch at least a couple of episodes on Netflix. Not only is it a good show, but they like some familiar technology in this science fiction crime show. Better than Us Thx A!
