Emerging Technologies

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LO1: Understand
Emerging Technologies
Examine any four emerging technology environments.
I. Ident ify emerging t ec hnologies (any t wo or t hree) and c urrent development s
wit hin eac h of t hese four c hosen environment s.
Virtual Reality
A real istic and immersiv e simul ation of a three-dimensional
env ironment, created using interactiv e software and hardw are,
and experienced or control led by mov ement of the body. [5]
Oculus Rift is one of those v irtual reality headsets.
Funded on Kickstarter, the dev ice
w as first rel eased back in March.
After v arious designs and models,
an improv ed v ersion of Crescent
Bay is the final consumer edition.
The appl ication of such a dev ice
can be in the fiel ds of gaming,
social media and other industries
or professions such as adv ertising
or architecture and designs.
Oculus R if t P rice : $ 599. Dev ice Dis play : 2160 x 1200 @ 90 Hz . [6]