Mixed Reality: A Tool for Future Success in Education & Business

This essay discusses the applications of mixed reality in both education and business organizations. It highlights how mixed reality blends the physical and virtual worlds, creating realistic environments for users to interact with real and virtual objects. In education, mixed reality enhances students' understanding through practical experiences and virtual implementation, leading to deeper insights and engagement. In business, mixed reality aids in employee skill development, product development, and risk reduction, fostering innovation and strategic advantage. The essay concludes that mixed reality plays a significant role in enhancing learning, development, and competitive advantage for both students and organizations, making it a valuable tool for future success.

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Introduction
Mixed reality is identified as one of the most advanced technological mechanism that can
be used in both education and organisation. According to Lindgren et al. (2016) it can be defined
that mixed reality is a blend of physical and virtual worlds where real and technology generated
objects. The mixed method is very useful to create a realistic environment for the users where the
users can easily interact and navigate with both real and virtual objects.
Discussion
As per the research of Birt, Moore and Cowling (2017) with the help of mixed reality
students can manipulate objects with a great deal of skill that can bring in-depth understanding of
the purpose and the outcome of the process. In response to this, it can be stated that the role of
the mixed reality is to set the data and concepts of a specific theme and create a simplification of
the complex themes through the use of real and virtual world (Tang et al., 2020). Birt et al.
(2018) articulated that it is very useful for the students to get a practical experience of the theme
through mixed reality. Henceforth, it is useful and unique as the mixed reality education is more
effective than the verbal instructions of the teachers. Subsequently, the students feel highly
engaged with the mixed reality learning and education as it provides an elaborate understanding
of the theme through virtual implementation. However, Hauze and Marshall (2020) highlighted a
completely different perception regarding the efficacy of mixed reality in education. The
research pointed out that mixed reality not only helps the students to understand the theme
effectively but also facilitate a deep insight into the theme based on the merit and skills of the
students.

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The advent of digitisation compels the business organisations to have enough skills and
abilities in the competitive market. Stone (2018) asserted that a real time view of the actual
surroundings associated with the intelligent virtual object is undoubtedly helps the companies to
enhance the skills and development of the employees. In a competitive market, it is crucial for
the business organisation to maintain the quality and skills of the employees so that it will bring
future sustainability for the organisation (Bazeley, 2018). Moreover, for the product development
also it is crucial for the business organisation to provide a demo practice and mechanism of the
new product and find out the potential risks that the customers can get in its primary stage
(Högberg et al., 2016). It seems highly important for the business organisations as the mixed
reality helps to reduce errors and potential risk threat that can create further obstacle to the
organisational practice (Aithal, 2016). In association to this, it is also pertinent for the business
organisation to nourish the innovative vision through the use of mixed reality. Therefore, it is
very important for the current business practices to use mixed reality as a tool for future success
and strategic advantage (Lee, Hope & Abdulghani, 2016).
Conclusion
Based on this understanding, it can be argued that both in education and organisation
mixed reality played a magnificent role to not only enhance the efficacy of the learning and
development but also create a futuristic vision and skill set for the students and the organisation
so that it can get competitive advantage.

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