Season 2 · EP 21 · Technology

The truth about virtual reality and the metaverse

With Alejandro Velasco, virtual and mixed reality specialist. What is actually real behind the metaverse: uses already working in surgery, rehab and education, and the hype that leads nowhere.

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The metaverse was sold as the future and buried as a fad. Neither is true. We map where virtual and mixed reality already solve expensive problems, and where it is still a pretty demo.

What this episode covers

  • VR in neuro-rehabilitation: what the results actually show
  • Mixed reality in the operating theatre and in technical training
  • Why hardware is still the bottleneck
  • The difference between metaverse, VR, AR and MR

About the guest

Alejandro Velasco is virtual and mixed reality specialist. This conversation was recorded for season 2 of Otra Conversación and runs 1h 00m with no cuts and no closed script.

Season 2 Technology 1h 00m