{"id":24044,"date":"2019-04-03T09:49:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T17:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philiplelyveld.com\/?p=24044"},"modified":"2019-04-03T09:49:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T17:49:18","slug":"what-are-the-challenges-of-designing-virtual-reality-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/philiplelyveld.com\/?p=24044","title":{"rendered":"What are the challenges of designing virtual reality experiences?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/philiplelyveld.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/richmond_todd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24045\" src=\"http:\/\/philiplelyveld.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/richmond_todd.jpg\" alt=\"richmond_todd\" width=\"140\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a>There are technical, physical and experiential challenges to designing virtual reality, augmented reality or mixed reality experiences.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>technical challenges<\/strong> are easier in that we know what a right answer looks like. The devices need to be smaller, lighter, wireless and higher resolution, as well as have a wider field of view, improved tracking, lower latency and so forth. That's all engineering. And, while it isn't easy, at least we know what the targets are.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Physical challenges<\/strong>center around two main areas: exterior and interior comfort. Exterior comfort plays on some of the technical challenges: The gear needs to be lighter, not have wires and be comfortable enough for long-term use -- i.e., hours. At some point in the future, people will likely work in some form of augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR), so eight-hours-a-day use <a href=\"https:\/\/internetofthingsagenda.techtarget.com\/feature\/Smart-glasses-technology-embraces-AR-will-enterprises-and-consumers\">needs to be viable<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Interior comfort refers to issues around motion sickness, cognitive and emotional overload, and possible long-term side effects. There is a rough estimate that about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/medicine-and-dentistry\/motion-sickness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10% of the population<\/a> is highly susceptible to motion sickness -- I'm one of them. There are technical parameters that can ameliorate some of the effects: Tracking needs to be fast and accurate; frame rates need to be high -- no or low latency; and the experience needs to be designed in such a way that it avoids certain interactions that can exacerbate motion sickness.<\/p>\n<p>This leads to the longest tent pole in the room: <strong>experiential challenges<\/strong> of designing virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality (MR) experiences.<\/p>\n<p>We are exceptionally good at telling stories on screens, as we're building on centuries of experience, dating back to the Greeks first creating the proscenium arch, which effectively put content within a boundary. Paintings, movies, television -- all are forms of narrative bounded by a screen border. VR, AR and MR remove those boundaries, and with it, a lot of our narrative forms lose efficacy. ...<\/p>\n<p>See the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/internetofthingsagenda.techtarget.com\/answer\/What-are-the-challenges-of-designing-virtual-reality-experiences\">here:\u00a0https:\/\/internetofthingsagenda.techtarget.com\/answer\/What-are-the-challenges-of-designing-virtual-reality-experiences<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are technical, physical and experiential challenges to designing virtual reality, augmented reality or mixed reality experiences. The technical challenges are easier in that we know what a right answer looks like. 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