The Infinite Retina: Spatial Computing, Augmented Reality, and how a collision of new technologies are bringing about the next tech revolution - Hardcover

Cronin, Irena; Scoble, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1800561857 ISBN 13: 9781800561854

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

A compelling and insightful look at the future of Spatial Computing, and how this cutting-edge technology is changing the way we do business across seven primary industries, and what it means for humanity as a whole.

Key Features

• Discover how Spatial Computing is changing the face of technology
• Get a roadmap for the disruptions caused by Spatial Computing and how it will affect seven major industries
• Gain insights about the past, present, and future of technology from the world's leading experts and innovators

Book Description

What is Spatial Computing and why is everyone from Tesla, Apple, and Facebook investing heavily in it?

In The Infinite Retina, authors Irena Cronin and Robert Scoble attempt to answer that question by helping you understand where Spatial Computing-an augmented reality where humans and machines can interact in a physical space-came from, where it's going, and why it's so fundamentally different from the computers or mobile phones that came before.

They present seven visions of the future and the industry verticals in which Spatial Computing has the most influence-Transportation; Technology, Media, and Telecommunications; Manufacturing; Retail; Healthcare; Finance; and Education.

The book also shares insights about the past, present, and future from leading experts an other industry veterans and innovators, including Sebastian Thrun, Ken Bretschneider, and Hugo Swart. They dive into what they think will happen in Spatial Computing in the near and medium term, and also explore what it could mean for humanity in the long term.

The Infinite Retina then leaves it up to you to decide whether Spatial Computing is truly where the future of technology is heading or whether it's just an exciting, but passing, phase.

What you will learn

• Look back at historical paradigms that changed the face of technology
• Consider how Spatial Computing could be the new technology that changes our lives
• See how Virtual and Augmented Reality will change the way we do healthcare
• Learn how Spatial Computing technology will lead to fully automated transportation
• Think about how Spatial Computing will change the manufacturing industry
• Explore how finance and retail are going to be impacted through Spatial Computing devices
• Hear accounts from industry experts on what they expect Spatial Computing to bring to their sectors

Who this book is for

The Infinite Retina is for anyone interested in the future of technology and how Augmented Reality and Spatial Computing (among other developments) will affect both businesses and the individual.

Table of Contents

Part I: Why Spatial Computing and Why Now?

1. Prime Directive
2. Four Paradigms and Six Technologies

Part II: The Seven Visions

3. Vision One - Transportation Automates
4. Vision Two - Virtual Worlds Appear
5. Vision Three - Augmented Manufacturing
6. Vision Four - Robot Consumers
7. Vision Five - Virtual Healthcare
8. Vision Six - Virtual Trading and Banking
9. Vision Seven - Real-Time Learning

Part III: The Spatial Business

10. The Always Predicted World
11. Spatial Computing World-Makers
12. How Human?

About this title

About the Author

Irena Cronin is the SVP of product for DADOS technology which is creating a data analytics and visualization platform for the Apple Vision Pro. She is also the CEO of Infinite Retina which provides research to help companies develop and implement AI, AR, and other new technologies for their businesses. Prior to this, she worked for several years as an equity research analyst and gained extensive experience in evaluating both public and private companies. Cronin has a joint MBA/MA from the University of Southern California and an MS with distinction in management and systems from New York University. She graduated with a BA from the University of Pennsylvania with a major in economics (summa cum laude).

Robert Scoble has coauthored four books on technology innovation - each a decade before the said technology went completely mainstream. He has interviewed thousands of entrepreneurs in the tech industry and has long kept his social media audiences up to date on what is happening inside the world of tech, which is bringing us so many innovations. Robert currently tracks the AI industry and is the host of a new video show, Unaligned, where he interviews entrepreneurs from the thousands of AI companies he tracks as head of strategy for Infinite Retina.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1800561857
• ISBN 13: 9781800561854
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 402