The Metaverse Probably Won’t Be All That We’ve Been Promised, Experts Say

From Lifewire

Todd Richmond, the director of the Tech & Narrative Lab at the Pardee RAND Graduate School and an IEEE Member, also predicted in an email interview with Lifewire that AR will win out over VR. 

“It can be implemented in a much wider variety of circumstances,” he said. “VR, as currently envisioned, immerses your senses in ways that typically block the real-time analog world.”

Richmond envisions an eventual “utopian vision” for AR. “Imagine all the best bits of your digital world presented to you in a non-distracting way whenever and wherever you wanted, without having to handle a device (such as a phone),” he added. However, he cautioned that “in reality, it will take a lot of experimentation with crafting user experiences, along with prudent regulation, to get to a place where our augmented world provides value to our lives.”