From democratizing VR to solving common pain points, there are several advantages
Inputs from KrishnaKumar Soundararaj, DESIGNATION, Nallas.
The recent interest in virtual reality has translated into many interesting product and service ideas. This interest could be seen at the bellwether Consumer Electronics Show 2023, as well as the latest Y-Combinator batches.
While the advantages and possibilities of virtual reality (something my colleague Deiva is writing about in this series) are well-known, it is also worth noting that VR is quite tough! The hardware and software investments, the specialist talent, the testing and user adoption are all hurdles to cross. Surely, just like mobile apps before it, the industry will mature offering everyone economies of scale and shared ideas.
It’s to that end that I’d like to talk about Platform-as-a-Service for Virtual Reality.
Simply put, it’s a specialist cloud computing environment that delivers hardware and software tools over the internet. This makes it easier to develop, test and scale internet-based ideas. PaaS is all around us – from the ubiquitous YouTube, to specialist B2B services from AWS.
While ideas for virtual reality are varied, several of their requirements during the development phase are common. For instance, environment modeling is a prerequisite whether one is developing an immersive FPS game or a B2B training solution. Metrics too, stem from the same kinds of user behaviors. If some of these basics are abstracted, it will democratize VR solution creation. In other words, a PaaS can provide a no-code/low-code way to translate ideas into (virtual!) reality easily.
The common thread, you will see, is to remove barriers in the way of bringing an idea to life.
You name it! Currently, we believe the advantages of VR can extend to any industry (again, keep an eye out for our #NallasOnVR series). From our perspective, we think our solution Brahmarsive can help education in several industries: Healthcare, commerce (virtual shops), insurance (training an agent in niche situations such as the oil and gas industry), gaming and finally, education itself!
Virtual Reality heralds a brave new world. The next few years are going to be exciting as we will see new ideas, apps and experiences come our way – for business and pleasure. As we have seen many times before, the “picks and shovels” underlying any technological shift are going to be as important, and we hope to play a small role in that ourselves!
You can explore Brahmarsive and its benefits for education and skilling here.