Recommendation

The White House CTO should convene a working group of virtual and augmented reality experts and government agency personnel.

Details

Digital interactions are still for the most part limited to two-dimensional images on a computer screen. Virtual reality and augmented reality (AR/VR) technologies can create a more immersive experience, allowing individuals to maintain better connections with friends and family, improving the quality of remote conference and meetings, allowing for virtual travel and entertainment, and supporting distance learning, worker training, and scientific research. AR/VR applications can also help many government agencies better accomplish their missions. To spur more innovation in AR/VR, the White House CTO should convene a working group of AR/VR experts and government agency personnel to identify promising applications and determine ways to accelerate their adoption, including within government.

Keep reading:

▪ Robert D. Atkinson, et al., “Digital Policy for Physical Distancing: 28 Stimulus Proposals That Will Pay Long-Term Dividends” (ITIF, April 2020), https://itif.org/publications/2020/04/06/digital-policy-physical-distancing-28-stimulus-proposals-will-pay-long-term.