Objectives:

• What is Emerging Technology?
• Examples and brief note about few.
• Which technology captured my interest and why?
• How to proceed further? Group discussion

What is a Emerging Technology?

A word mostly used by IT professionals and academics .There are numerous definitions available but are not agreed on completely.Lets break the word to understand the meaning of it,

In short , Emerging technology means a new trend of science which is uprising .

Dmitri (Enterprise infrastructure tutor) shared few definitions of Emerging technology in class and the one which driven my attention and simple to understand was “Science-based innovation that has the potential to create a new industry or transform existing ones”

During my research of understanding, I found the below more stimulating:

Mohanad Halaweh, [1] stated that emerging technology doesn’t mean new. They are tagged emerging based on domain, place or application since an old technology in developed countries can be found new in poor or underdeveloped countries. So, a technology which is not widespread and can cause a radical change to industry, business or society can be called Emerging technology (ET).

For example, extinct of DVD’s because of iPods,MP3 players, in this scenario the MP3 players and Ipods are considered as ET’s.

Examples of ET’s

Artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, VR, 3D printing, Robotics are most common ET examples as per sources like CompTIA, Techrepublic and many other sources of internet. They can be considered to be in implementing and developing phase.

Artificial Intelligence (AI):

If machines can learn and solve problems like humans, how is it gonna be? AI is all about the same. It mimics the human, developing problem-solving techniques and learning on its own. A much-recommended video, expressing lots of  AI content dealing even with the branches of it in a short video.

Internet of things:

Things responses are picked and triggered as actions. Say for example if a sleeve is used to change the slide of the presentation, how will it be?Hard to believe? here is the video demonstrating how things around can be changed using IoT with the sleeve implemented.

Virtual Reality:

As a name indicates its about virtual world created around us. This has become quite popular even in the market because of VR headsets available at low prices for gaming using smartphone. Here is a video talking about difference of VR and AR. We will see more details about VR in later section.

Which technology captured my interest and why?

Virtual Reality which is an interactive computer . Using computer graphics to create a realistic world.In other words, Real time interactivity. There are 3 Is of virtual reality which is basically immersion, imagination and interaction which forms the base triangle of Virtual Reality. Inputs are received and virtual reality is updated instantaneously .

It started in 1960 where Heiling designed simulation mask to create 3D Slides. He used head mounted machines (HMD) to acheive . NASA was facing difficulties to train its astronauts, since there cannot be similar environment created,infact impossible. Using LCD’s (Liquid crystal display) placed close to eyes and tracker to detect head motion , they recreated the environment in very low budget.

These two principals are still used in todays VR head sets . An Audio , Head mounted device and glove for input sets up a VR . It is changing every field of work in to a new dimension. Architectural view can be visualized before construction, test drive, training doctors treatment for phobia’s , training police and military, treatment of mental illness .

Major players in Virtual Reality are Oculus, HTC, Sony. Video games are widely using VR technology for better user experience .

This is widely spread in market with a large application range . This helps in doing most impossible things possible for example training an astronaut by replicating a space environment in such a low budget or viewing a building before it is even constructed . Mainly doctors can practice before undergoing a critical surgeon exited me . since health care is never ending field in this world.

How to proceed further?

I have discussed my thoughts about the same with the team (Mahesh , basil and me) .Mahesh is exited are ready to implement the methods in VR Technology.

We are going to understand the ITSM Framework. Then ITIL, COBIT basics and few examples with implementations .

Assume that an enterprise is implementing the VR technology , then what practices should they implement and why ? what will be advantages.

In next post i will detail my understanding of ITSM Frameworks.

References:

Halaweh, M. (2013). Emerging technology: What is it. Journal of technology management & innovation, 8(3), 108-115.

Burdea, G. C., & Coiffet, P. (2003). Virtual reality technology. John Wiley & Sons.

Isdale, J. (1998). What is virtual reality. Virtual Reality Information Resources http://www. isx. com/~ jisdale/WhatIsVr. html, 4.