Redefining Vision
Mindsets Blown - The Transformative Potential of Apple's Mixed Reality Headset
Apple's mixed-reality headset (coming in early 2024) has me more excited about a new product than ever.
I have read several adverse reports about it, but that’s bound to happen and makes me more interested.
It’s but another stepping stone to an inevitable future.
It ushers in possibilities for remote collaboration and creativity that we have long dreamed of. I need to get on the journey.
Videoconferencing, For Example
We learned it; it scaled acceptance and use—now, it’s part of our lives.
We worked hard to replace the sense of intimacy, which was tough if not impossible.
The physical distance hindered the creative kinesthetics needed by the team.
Nothing feels like it can replace the experience of being in the room—being present in a whole conversation with another human.
But it's also true that we managed giant leaps on video calls that may not have been made in a real-world leadership meeting.
A Best Of Both Worlds?
I sense Apple Pro™ could have the potential to break down the barriers and blend the best of both worlds. Let’s see.
With Apple Pro, we have the best chance of having and eating our cake.
Imagine having a structured and visual session in person and with globally dispersed people.
Imagine that both sets could interact and be as intimately involved in the emergence of the strategy in the same way. Up close and inside the system of the design.
Imagine also the advantages of sidebar tools such as transcription, real-time captioning, video and digital capture, broadcast and 3D models that can fly in and out of the scenes.
We will have incredible new powers at the touch of fingers and eyes.
Sensors such as cameras, depth, and motion sensors track the user's position and orientation in space.
Computer vision algorithms create 3D models of our surroundings.
Displays that are unrestricted by size.
Input devices such as hand tracking, voice control, and eye tracking allow users to interact with the content.
There’s Science In The Art
Framework Science™ underpins everything we do. We leverage logical models and data.
It’s the foundation, and then we can architect valid outcomes intertwined with visual thinking techniques to develop strategic plans and visions. That everyone can see and own.
Our collaborative sessions can move to another level with new ways to organize and connect ideas spatially using these new technologies.
Seeing Progress
Spatial computing will present new challenges for some - increasing distraction and information overload.
The doomers will knock seven bells out of it.
But the core benefits around intuitiveness, immersion and new modalities of collaboration are incredibly compelling.
As with any new interface paradigm, entirely new use cases will emerge that we can't even envision today.
When leaders ask me to tell them the answer to their future or their challenge, I always say - let’s see.
The promise of this technology is greater connection, engagement and productivity, unconstrained by physical location.
It could unlock new levels of creative potential, helping teams work smarter and accelerate innovation.
The opportunity to collaborate ‘face-to-face’ with anyone worldwide is compelling.
A Spatial Race
Spatial computing will gain powerfully from the Apple effect - changing the game.
We will no longer frame headsets through gamers for whom headsets are the ‘thing’, but we will increase intelligence through the thing.
We will use our fingertips and eyes to receive pixel-perfect images and stimulate/augment our minds like AI when used intelligently.
Imagine seeing a virtual future emerge by simply talking about it through SVT™.
Creating and experiencing training around the new operational environments, we imagine and collaborate on the strategies and plans within a virtual strategic meeting room where planning scenarios can continue to be developed.
Spatial computing is still in its early stages of development, but it can potentially change how we interact with each other in genuinely human and fundamental ways.
New Dimensions Through Spatial Computing
The ability to visualize and interact with digital information and other people in a virtual 3D space.
Rather than being confined to 2D screens, spatial computing allows users to engage with digital content and colleagues in a more immersive environment.
By projecting virtual monitors and tools into a shared virtual space, colleagues worldwide could work together as if they were in the same physical room.
Enables more intuitive collaboration on complex 3D models, data visualization projects and programs.
Team members can be represented by digital avatars, allowing more natural communication through gestures, facial expressions and spatial relationships.
Entirely new workflows will emerge, for example, ‘walking’ through visual data to spot insights or manipulating 3D models with virtual hands.
Brainstorming sessions will be revolutionized, allowing remote teams to iterate on designs in real-time in a shared virtual space - dramatically accelerating project timelines and reducing costs when team members are distributed worldwide.
