51. Farming in the Matrix: How VR and AR are Rewriting Reality on the Farm

This week the co-hosts question the nature of reality itself and explain how the virtual world could help farmers to solve real world problems.
Ray talks about his first experiences with virtual reality as a child at a local fun fair in the 1990’s and Kit explains how virtual reality has been pitched to educational institutions such as Harper Adams as a tool to educate and train the engineers and technicians of the future, as well as how his Hands Free Hectare partner in crime, Jonthan Gill, has been pioneering VR tech to help share crop trial results remotely and distribute learning across the world.
The pair also delve into the emerging world of augmented reality and how some of the biggest companies on the planet, such as Meta (Facebook) who are collaborating with the likes of Rayban to create an augmented world for their users.
Kit explains how a project in rural 5G connectivity led to potential developments in veterinary medicine, promising to enable remote farmers to use AR tech to carry out surgery on their own livestock.
Finally the pair take some time to think about the future applications of AR, could AR become the next step for ISOBus? Could screens in the tractor cab be a thing of the past, allowing farmers to get amazing results even from low tech machinery? Or perhaps, CEO of IAgrE, Charlie Nicklin, could appear in augmented reality to help farmers set up their classic tractor and plough for the perfect prize winning results?
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