Extended reality (XR) + artificial intelligence (AI) = intelligent reality (IR)

“Virtual reality allows you to be in a situation, a simulation, whatever it may be, and it can have you learn by doing. And so, through this medium, you can actually get smarter people. ”

Yao Huang, CEO of The Hatchery and Human Interact

I had an opportunity to give a short talk at an event (International Society of Pediatric Innovation, or iSPI) on the use of artificial intelligence in virtual reality.

Here is a summary of a few of my comments:

Virtual reality, if enabled even more with artificial intelligence, can become a more “intelligent” virtual experience. This capability can be…