Biosyncing: Symbiosis Between Human and Machine

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Agenda Overview Emergence Recent Developments & Prototypes Supporting Technology: Artificial Intelligence Supporting Technology: Mixed Reality Biosyncing & MR in Education Q&A

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Overview

Biosyncing is bio-mechanical symbiosis; when

a human and a machine are in a reactive, performance-augmenting

loop.

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Examples of Communication

Biometric Data Adjustment

Feedback Adjustment ●  Nudges ●  Raw Data ●  Adapted Information ●  TMS & tDCS ●  (Unknown)

●  Facial Responses ●  Galvanic Skin Response ●  Eye Movement ●  EEG ●  Voice

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Emergence

Biosyncing in Your Life

•  Many of you have been doing it for years

•  “Athletic Biosyncing” •  Wearable, smart devices,

quantified self movement •  First “words”

•  Data •  Nudge

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•  In the ten years since Nike+, devices have become more attuned with ourselves

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A successful biosyncing loop occurs subconsciously to the

human when s/he enters into an automatic reactive state.

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Prototypes

Over the course of completing 40+ prototypes and projects, the

Future Technologies team has identified a trend: the importance

of interaction between the virtual and physical worlds.

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Future Technologies Projects

Living DNA: Lifetime learning companion

StudentCare: Study on wearable use and emotional & physical well-being

FocusTracker: Track learner’s engagement using EEG headset

Personalized Online Videos: Programs adapts to learner’s facial responses

Yarbus: Eye tracking research & native iOS app for dyslexics

DeLorean: Speed-reading & comprehension tool

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Two other suites of technologies are also experiencing explosive

advances. Developments in biosyncing, AI, and

mixed reality advance and are improved by the others.

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Supporting Technology: Artificial Intelligence

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•  Essential conversational counterpoint

•  Narrow AI for adaptive responses

•  General AI will augment interaction in ways currently not known

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Supporting Technology: Mixed Reality

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•  Virtual interaction •  Send and receive

commands •  Move beyond hand-held

controllers •  Next level of symbiotic

relationship

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Communication requirements and expectations between the virtual and physical change across the

spectrum of virtuality continuum – haptic usually suffices in TUI

whereas we move deeper into the mind in true VR.

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Tangible User Interface Spatial AR See-Through AR Semi-Immersive VR Immersive VR

Virtuality Continuum

Real Environment

Augmented Reality

Augmented Virtuality

Virtual Environment

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Future Technologies: Mixed Reality + Biosyncing

Interactive VR: Leap Motion + Oculus Rift

Fishfinder: Oculus Rift experience to help bullied children

Virtual Assist: Medical training tool using Leap Motion

Interactive Storytelling: Bringing Pearson content to life with Microsoft Kinect

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Biosyncing & Mixed Reality in Education

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Hurdles

•  Cost •  Fear •  Remaining technical questions •  Lack of understanding •  Reliance on early adopters for support •  Singular experience in some instances

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Opportunities

•  Rich, interactive, responsive experiences

•  More affordable hardware •  Increasing cooperation across

technologies and platforms •  Greater understanding of whole-body

wellness •  Early stages of a growing field

There’s so much more to learn Find out more about us at

Labs.pearson.com or contact

@DenisHurley