Beyond bulky VR headsets: Voice recognition, eye tracking, and natural gestures in the era of the metaverse and the “Medi-verse”

Imagine you have moved to a new city and bought a condo advertised as “metaverse enabled.” Upon closing, along with the physical keys to your condo, you receive a unique cryptographic key to the community. You move into your neighborhood both physically and digitally. With the crypto key, you link your own personal metaverse profile to the condo. This merges your personal metaverse, including a digital catalog of all the objects in your home, to a digital map of the new space integrating all the sensors and devices that control the objects through the metaverse. As you move from your bedroom to the kitchen, the lights switch on, and the room temperature adjusts. In the kitchen, you tell the stove to turn on and a graphical display appears in front of you as you turn your gaze toward the refrigerator. You reach out your hand and select the egg icon, which reveals that you have three eggs left. You swipe up with your hand and the order goes out for more eggs. As you prepare breakfast, you gesture again, and in another moment your mother’s face appears in front of you. “Mom, do you want to join me for breakfast?” “Sure,” she responds as she turns down your stove so your eggs don’t burn! You gather your eggs and bacon and sit down at the table, which has moved out from a recess in the wall in anticipation of your approach. You sit down, your mother’s hologram appears across from you with her breakfast, and the two of you begin to discuss your day. Later tha...
Source: SharpBrains - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Tags: Technology & Innovation AnthroTronix AR display eye-tracking healthcare delivery Medi-verse metaverse personal metaverse spatial computing stress relief voice recognition wearables Source Type: blogs