Kari Peltola is the CEO of Leonidas, a leading Finnish XR company, and founder of VR Finland. He discussed the current state and future of extended reality (XR), including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR). Emerging technologies like standalone VR headsets, ARKit, HoloLens, and Magic Leap will drive the seamless interaction of digital and physical worlds. Reality will be captured, shared, augmented, and created in new immersive ways. The limits of our imagination will define what is possible as technology improves display resolution, speech/gesture recognition, and adds additional senses.

1. Future of XR
Emerging Media
TAMK, 04.12.2017
Kari Peltola
CEO, Leonidas Oy

2. Kari Peltola
CEO, Leonidas
Chairman, VR Finland
Kari is the CEO of Leonidas, a leading Finnish XR company. He
is also the founder of VR Finland association which develops
and supports the Finnish XR ecosystem. He has been working
in the high tech and software sector for over 10 years.
Twitter & Medium: @kapelto
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/karipeltola
Email: kari.peltola@leonidasoy.fi
Intro

3. XR = VR + AR + MR
Real
Environment
Virtual
Environment
Augmented
Reality (AR)
Augmented
Virtuality (AV)
Mixed Reality (MR)

4. VR
Takes you anywhere
AR
Brings anything to you

5. Current state of Art

6. High-end VR
Oculus Rift HTC Vive PlayStation VR

7. Mobile VR
♦ Enabled by a mobile phone
♦ A lot of different solutions however
GearVR ruling the market
Samsung
GearVR

8. ♦ Using the mobile phone and camera
technology as an AR platform
♦ ARKit and ARCore will dominate
♦ Google had Tango but its future is unclear ,
now they will concentrate on ARCore
Mobile AR
ARKit
Google Tango

9. AR
♦ Wearable AR displays, “glasses”
♦ HoloLens is current leading the pack in many ways
♦ HMDs currently very constrained by FOV, price, battery life and form factor
♦ Suitable for limited B2B use cases at the moment
Microsoft
HoloLens
DAQRI Smart
Helmet
ODG R-9
Smartglasses

10. Coming up: Standalone VR
♦ Wireless, optimized perf. vs. current mobile VR
♦ Inside out tracking coming enabling 6DOF—from “room-
scale” to “world-scale” (Santa Cruz & Focus)
♦ More usable and mobile HMDs—enable wider adoption?
Oculus
Santa Cruz
Vive
Focus
Oculus Go

11. Reality will be eXtended

12. Seamless interaction of the digital and physical
World becomes a magical place
Screenshot from Magic Leap video

13. ♦ A natural and intuitive gate providing
access to the digital realm
♦ New ways of interacting
➔ Speech
➔ Gaze
➔ Gestures
➔ Thought
♦ AI will be a critical part enabling effective use
A more natural way to access
computers and digital worlds

14. Let’s Play With Reality
Augmented CreatedCaptured

15. We capture and share our reality

16. Reality will be captured and
shared in a more immersive way
Samsung
Gear 360

17. Use case:
Sports—Everyone is on the best seat
NextVR & FOX Sports: Bundesliga

18. Use case:
Your favorite band never coming to town—not a problem!
Screenshot from Queen + Adam Lambert
'VR The Champions' Live Experience Trailer

19. Lightfield tech emerging
Highly immersive experience enabled
Lytro Immerge

20. We augment our reality

21. Social Media Giants Are Adding
AR Into Their Platforms
SnapchatFacebook

22. Also, a digital realm exists
https://vimeo.com/65568564

23. Technology still needs
to be better
Magic LeapHoloLens

24. HoloLens
Use case:
Maintenance with HoloLens

25. Use case:
Space—When time is money
Image: SpaceX Image: Road to VR

26. We create our reality

27. Our only limit will be imagination
https://youtu.be/44M7JsKqwow

28. These worlds will be
highly immersive
Team Leonidas reached world
ranking 1 in a major VR multi-
player game—after a four
hour straight session!
Arizona Sunshine

29. Technology

30. Gaze
Tobii

31. Speech

32. Gestures
Leap Motion

33. Thought
Neurable

34. Display resolution
Varjo

35. Some prominent use cases

36. Travel
In space and time

37. Design
Interact naturally, perceive spatially
HoloLens

38. Games
Immersion infinite
PlayStation VR Farpoint Video Screenshot

39. Learning
Enhanced learning because of context, immersion and experience

40. Going beyond

41. Towards a full sensory
experience
Adding touch, smell, taste
♦ How will you orchestrate an
experience with all these modalities?
♦ Future media will be multisensory

42. Social VR enabling location
independent human connection
Facebook Spaces
Screenshot from Oculus

43. In the end, VR goes inside