week 13 response

The questions I had for this week were:

What benefits does augmented reality really have?

Is it necessary?

The addition of Augmented reality does seem to be an improvement to how we oriented ourselves towards technical subjects. For instance, there are talks of the U.S. Military making available a VR headset that can automatically guide a Specialist E2 in repairing the internal components of an Abrams Main Battle Tank. Also imagine that a Nuclear Technician can wear a glove that can automatically adjust the system valves in a power plant in the safety of a control room. These two options do hold the potential for increased efficiency. However, what does it do to mankind’s ability to learn? Is this more of a crutch then a benefit? Will there be a need to learn key technical terms before the use of these technological innovations? Most importantly we must gauge the necessity of said devices.

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