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Why VR and IoT Will Blend Perfectly For The Future

Virtual Reality and Internet of Things are playing major roles in the industry and consumers lives. On one hand, IoT is making our lives more connected than ever and on the other, we can do many incredible things with Virtual Reality.

With both these technologies having great potential to transform many sectors, in this article, we inspect how these technologies can play together for the greater good.

Now that these technologies have individually proved their mettle, the entire Tech industry votes that IoT and VR have a crucial role to play in the coming years. This is clear from the exponential rise in companies betting on these technologies.

In 2016 alone, an estimated $4 billion was invested in IoT space technologies with the biggest player being Magic Leap. Similarly, in the VR space too investments are flooding in and VR market is expected to value $20 billion by 2020.

IoT and VR combined represent a new ecosystem of user interaction along with creating new storytelling opportunities.

However, though it may be surprising, these two technologies are similar and different at the same time. Both these technologies are our best hope to merge the physical and digital worlds.

While VR is about recreating a real world through digital means, IoT deals with accessing physical world digitally.

This creates that elegant point of intersection of these technologies opening up new possibilities packed with the virtues of both technologies.

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VR and IoT are playing a mega role in modernizing workplaces. For millennials especially, this transformation has become one of the important factors in improving productivity.

Industrial IoT is already proving to be significant in various industries. Experts believe that VR has a similar potential to augment workforces.

The combination of VR and IoT means that telepresence will now be a reality. Conventional video conferencing much likely may become obsolete with virtual face-to-face interactions becoming the norm. In the future, our kids will attend meetings while commuting, there’s no doubt about that.

VR and IoT Will Save Lives

In a series of articles we have published recently, we showcased how VR Pain Relief is revolutionizing healthcare.

A quick Google search will enlighten you on the role IoT is playing in this field. Both these technologies will save lots of lives and at the same time decrease suffering.

Innovations like Da Vinci Surgical System which uses a tiny camera and precision surgical tools has significantly reduced the need for large incisions.

The surgeon gets to insert a tiny camera along with tools via a small opening in the body and gain a complete view of affected area without having to subject the patient to large incisions.

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IoT and VR allow a test run using such systems on a virtual patient. As of now, these are contributing in improving efficiency through better training and practice for surgeons.

In the near future, we might also expect to see surgeons performing VR surgeries to a patient in the remote corner of the city from their rooms.

If at all there are any barriers we can see preventing this is the speed of Internet connection and a little educating of all these possibilities to people.

However, without a doubt, the future looks bright for VR and IoT and it surely is the best time to invest time and effort into these spheres.

Shodan, The More Dangerous Alternative To Google

In one line, Shodan is an alternative search engine to Google involving a high number of risks. Shodan is a project created by security expert John Matherly, which has been defined as “the scariest search engine in the world.” Its name comes from the type of evil artificial intelligence of the legendary game System Shock.

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We live in a world where, physical devices and electronic systems are increasingly interconnected due to the expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT), a complex network that allows the exchange of data. If you don’t know what IoT exactly means, you should check out our previous post in which we have explained about it. These disruptive technological advances have penetrated into every aspect of contemporary life, facilitating and monitoring many daily tasks related to transport, health, home, welfare or industry.

Besides the many applications that the Internet of Things has in all walks of life, in general, it also raises certain safety issues related to their appearance. The context of the deep web – or the “invisible” Internet is up to 45 times superior to the information indexed by Google and other conventional – search engines- and is a dangerous ground where you can locate any device.

Within this deep web Shodan search engine are HTTP addresses connected to the Internet , most of which do not come on Google searches or similar. It can be defined as a seeker of Internet of Things, as it is able to locate refrigerators, alarms, security cameras, webcams, wearables, and any other connected device.

Shodan bases, the preferred search engine for hackers

Shodan is a search engine born in 2009 whose operation is similar to Google , but here the similarities end. Instead of indexing the web content via ports 80 (HTTP) or 443 (HTTPS) as does Google, Shodan searches the Web for devices that respond to a number of other ports, including: 21 (FTP), 22 (SSH), 23 (Telnet), 25 (SMTP), 80, 443, 3389 (RDP) and 5900 (VNC).

Shodan can discover and index virtually any device

It can discover any device like wide range covering webcams, traffic signaling equipment, routers, firewalls, systems CCTV, industrial control systems for nuclear power plants, power grids, household appliances and many more.

The most dangerous and negative part of this detection is that all these devices are connected to the Internet without their owners aware of the dangers and risks to security level , and therefore without the application of basic protective measures such as username or a strong, strong password.

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The safety of users especially staggers with webcams , as these can capture images of all kinds around the homes, personal information or faces of minors.

Shodan search through filters

Free accounts in Shodan allow search through the following filters:

Country : Allows search encapsulate reducing it to a specific country.
City : Filter city.
Port : It allows each search depending on the open port or service is running.
Net : To find a specific ip or ip ranges.
Host-name : This filter is used for searches related to the text indicate in the part of host-name.
OS : Depending on the operating system.

In 2012, a security researcher named Dan Tentler demonstrated how he was able to use Shodan to find control systems for machines, water heaters pressure and even garage doors.

He was also able to find a hydroelectric plant in France, a car wash that could be turned on and off remotely and a hockey rink in Denmark it could have been defrosted just with the click of a button. He even found all the systems controlling city traffic connected to the network , which can be stopped using certain commands.

The existence of projects like Shodan leads to reflection as consumers and implement new mechanisms and security measures on our wearables, gadgets and other products and intelligent devices.

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