Class
Article
College
Jon M. Huntsman School of Business
Department
Management Department
Faculty Mentor
Jeannie Johnson
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Abstract
Common use of augmented reality (AR) technologies is emerging on the tech horizon. AR is the virtualized mixture of real-world objects and locations with superimposed computer-generated imagery. Continuous developments have made AR technologies more accessible and will continue to do so in the coming years. There’s much to look forward to with the advent of sophisticated and accessible AR technologies, but the adverse health effects, heightened privacy issues, and increased social media consequences need to be addressed prior to ubiquitous AR application. This research paper looks at adverse health threats potentiated in the use of AR including epilepsy, adaptation phenomena, and motion perception. Known dangers could cause unintentional physical harm to innocent citizens. Addressing physiological, physical, and behavioral dangers presented by AR would be beneficial to protect against potential human harm before the technology is widespread. Successful implementation of AR requires an immense amount of data collection. Major privacy concerns arise from such data collection. To make AR valuable to millions of people will require tracking people and things to a degree that can only be called a total surveillance state. Along with human security, this paper looks at the dangers and warnings of large data collection and total surveillance. Presentation Time: Thursday, 12-1 p.m.
Location
Logan, UT
Start Date
4-12-2021 12:00 AM
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Ubiquitous Augmented Reality Could Hold Implications for Health, Data Privacy, Societal Norms
Logan, UT
Common use of augmented reality (AR) technologies is emerging on the tech horizon. AR is the virtualized mixture of real-world objects and locations with superimposed computer-generated imagery. Continuous developments have made AR technologies more accessible and will continue to do so in the coming years. There’s much to look forward to with the advent of sophisticated and accessible AR technologies, but the adverse health effects, heightened privacy issues, and increased social media consequences need to be addressed prior to ubiquitous AR application. This research paper looks at adverse health threats potentiated in the use of AR including epilepsy, adaptation phenomena, and motion perception. Known dangers could cause unintentional physical harm to innocent citizens. Addressing physiological, physical, and behavioral dangers presented by AR would be beneficial to protect against potential human harm before the technology is widespread. Successful implementation of AR requires an immense amount of data collection. Major privacy concerns arise from such data collection. To make AR valuable to millions of people will require tracking people and things to a degree that can only be called a total surveillance state. Along with human security, this paper looks at the dangers and warnings of large data collection and total surveillance. Presentation Time: Thursday, 12-1 p.m.