The Curse of Pygmalion - What Would An Ideal AR/VR Device Look Like?

In the first article of our series, we briefly reviewed the history of VR device development. As a result, we concluded that even modern VR gadgets are already outdated. We even developed a special term - The Curse of Pygmalion. Writer Stanley Weinbaum wrote his fantasy story "Pygmalion's Glasses" in 1935! According to the plot, a professor invents a pair of glasses capable of creating an optical, auditory, gustatory, kinesthetic, and olfactory illusion of reality. In other words, Weinbaum managed to describe the modern devices we use today.

Today, almost a hundred years later, the current XR device industry keeps reinventing the same Pygmalion glasses again and again. However, as far as I’m concerned, we need a much more modern approach! Read the first part of this article to better understand what I’m talking about.

So, what kind of device is this that will usher in a new era of gadgets?? I’m Roman Axelrod, the founder of XPANCEO. So, let's try to find the answer to this question together!

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