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This is what Magic Leap 2 will allow its customers to do once it's out in the market. The headset that comes with a controller -now with two new camera sensors to increase the accuracy of the movements- is quite ergonomic and can be worn just like glasses. But the crown jewel of its many revolutionary futures is the global dimming which shifts the goggles from being an AR headset to an immersive VR world. So how can it be used in STEM Education?
Education has been evolving from sector to industry. Like any industry, it is now growing segments through the price mechanism worldwide, creating variation in the quality of education globally. As technology is catching up with the 21st century educational needs, a brand-new market within human history merges itself with an ancient one to provide for the needs of the future. I am talking about EdTech. EdTech is not only efficient, but it's crucial, and it can solve many problems linked to the evolvement of and demand for education.
Zeev Lavie's recent comments on the past, current, and future trade relations between Tukey and Israel show that the recent political developments between the two states may be promising for EdTech start-ups, as both markets offer various unique benefits to one another. According to Lavie, one of the main lines of economic partnership can be technology. Israel is the number one country for venture capital per capita and the second on innovation and entrepreneurship -right after Silicon Valley. At the same time, Turkey is abundant in resources, industrial capacity, and population. So how can the synergy between two markets be further improved, and how can the EdTech industry suffice?
STEM subjects have a very niche pedagogic logic to them, making them harder to integrate into a world that’s socially driven seems to have more and more weight on its functioning. Accenture, in this context, promises a method to create a bridge between the optimal deliverance methods of STEM subjects and the social trends that govern the minds of all of us, with a business focus that can appropriate the efforts in our individualistic society.
For all the founders that actually want to go after deep change, it’s important to know how to navigate this pursuit. For smaller companies, the path that they will embark on is different from that of a classic Silicon Valley-type startup: using an existing software stack and identifying a very tactical problem is the traditional approach often used by such startups, but it does not apply well to enterprises outside of this tech space. Generally speaking, it is easy to get their product to market, and most of them only solve short-term problems. But if you are after long-term change, there is no regular framework to operate within; for example, Paola Santana identified the growing need for drones, yet no traditional framework existed to guide the development of her idea. Santana identified a crucial step imperative to all impact-driven businesses aspiring to succeed: the need to create networks.
“Sense of smell is the only one of our senses are directly linked to the memory and emotion section of our brain, the limbic system,” says Aaron Wisniewski, the CEO and co-founder of OVR Technology. Olfactory sensors allow a direct pathway for memory creation while defining our context much more robustly than hearing and sight. So how can they be harnessed to create long-lasting memories in education?