(Newswire.net — March 17, 2015) — A new report from the CNN Tech, introduced new ‘virtual reality’ technology that is more accurate and affordable enough to hit the consumer market.
Virtual reality technology has existed for decades, however, due to its lack of the ‘reality’ component, it often misses the true feeling of actually being ‘there’. Another issue is that the price has not yet been consumer friendly. These factors combined didn’t make it easy for VR technology to get a hold in the technology market.
Though it is really neat technology, consumer VR tryouts have been limited to mundane activities like playing video games and watching 3-D movies, CNN reported.
Samsung, however, demonstrated the other perspective in consumer VR technology with its Gear VR, allowing a father, hundreds of miles away, to see his son coming into world in the first live-streamed virtual reality birth.
Jason had to go on a business trip to Chinchilla, Australia and his 9 months pregnant wife stayed home more than 2,500 miles away, with their two sons. All odds were that Jason would miss the birth of his third son. The virtual technology, however, made it possible.
Samsung (SSNLF) worked with Jason and Alison Larke of Perth, Australia, who on February 20 gave birth to their third son, Steele. Samsung set up a 360-degree camera in the delivery room and equipped Jason with a Gear VR headset.
The technology allowed Jason to observe the birth in a 3D real time stream, which means that as he move his head around, Jason could see as he was actually in the room.
“Jace was able to see our son born and experience the birth as if he was in the room with me,” Alison said in a statement. The Samsung team documented the whole event and posted it on YouTube.
Samsung’s marketing chief, Arno Lenior, said in the video that the demonstration was intended to show “the potential of virtual reality and how this unique technology can address real challenges people face every day.”
Hoping it will become the “next big thing,” Samsung, Facebook, Google, Sony, Microsoft, HTC and many others have unveiled their various virtual reality solutions.
Microsoft’s HoloLens can let a plumber show you how to fix a leak without paying you a visit. Facebook’s Oculus lets you interact with video games’ virtual worlds. Google lets you combine an android phone with the Google Glass, and Samsung demonstrated how with VR technology we never have to miss the important moments in life, CNN reported.