augmented reality and virtual reality coming to tv news
This is the latest technology to come to television news organizations trying to improve their sharing of information visually. Check out the video at the end of this article, Miami CBS station to debut virtual reality studio I’ve seen this already on the CBS evening news as they give national weather forecasts. The video I mention gives you a better idea of how a studio looks—basically, walls of green screens.
Might this technology make it to an emergency operations center (EOC), I’d say “yes” but it will be a decade or two to get there.
I recall participating in a video teleconference with a nuclear power company back in early 1992. We had to go to a separate facility and the equipment and technology back then cost something like $25K. Now today, we are doing video teleconferencing on a daily basis to connect visually and conduct business.
The cost of implementing the AR and VR of today will come way down in the future. Then it will be up to us to decide how to best integrate it into our planning and operations.
