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SPOTLIGHT: Transformational Tech

THE HOLODECK STORY:

A DIGITAL JOURNEY

CHRISTOPHER LAFAYETTE Tim Cook, CEO of Apple stated:
Founder “Simply put, we believe augmented reality is going to
HoloPractice change the way we use technology forever. We’re already
seeing things that will transform the way you work, play,
MANY MAY FIND themselves caught up (or even connect and learn.”
euphoric) in the ethos of a rising technological idea—but
there must be those willing few who are able to stop, Commercial real estate has been the foundational build-
pause and consider what we’ve built, where we are, and ing block for business enterprises since the inception of
where we’re going. It’s critical for every member of the metropolitan business itself. The CRE industry is in the
Extended Reality (XR) community to be educators of what infancy and very first steps of technological transforma-
we build, each and every time an opportunity presents tion. Short lived are the days of touring space-to-space
itself. We share our skillsets and knowledge as contribu- with low-client-interest in location. Quite frankly this is
tions to the greater society. a waste of time, carbon footprint and resources. We’re
slowly merging the use of handheld devices to that of
The XR industry as a whole is tied into spaces. wearable devices and operating in simulated environ-
Augmented Reality by way of the AR cloud is gestured ments. In other words, today we’re looking at our devices,
heavily toward making planet earth machine-readable. but tomorrow, we’ll be working within them.
With Virtual Reality, we’re able to envision, build and enter
into spaces that were not there before. The need for We are drawing into a new age of availability using spatial
more space has made this narrative a key and integral computing for teleporting in prospective spaces clients
player in the ecosystem of spatial computing. desire to build, congregate and live in. Every company and

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