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c. Which of these programs are DBMS products (the subject of the next chapter)?

d. Which of these programs should you download and install tonight?

c. Either (1) download and install the programs in your answer to part d or (2) explain why you would choose not to do so.

1. Does DreamSpark provide an unfair advantage to Microsoft? Why or why not?

4-2. Visit the Open Source Initiative's Web site at www. MyMISLab

opensouree.org. Summarize the mission of this foundation. Find the definition of open source on this site, and sum- marize that definition in your own words. Explain this foundation's role with regard to open source licenses. Summarize the process for having a license approved by the foundation. Describe the advantage of having the foundation's approval.

4-3. Suppose that you are Cam at Falcon Security. List five cri- MyMISLab

term you would use in helping Falcon Security decide

whether it should make its own drones, Justify yo criteria.

4-4. Describe how the class enrollment application at yo university could benefit from a mobile application th uses the cloud.

4-5. Judging from your personal experience, describe the Bit policy that appears to be in place at your universi Explain the advantages and disadvantages of the policy you as a student and to the organization as a whole, Lk do you think that BYOD policy will change in the next ft years? Explain your answer.

4-6. Read Q4-2 if you have not already done so. Critical evaluate the opinions of the author. Do you agree th advances in the IoT and self-driving cars will make li easier? Better? If so, say why. If not, explain what yt think will happen when more smart devices and self-dri ing cars are adopted. Explain how you could prepare for future high-tech job market.

COLLABORATION EXERCISE 4

Using the collaboration IS you built in Chapter 2 (page 75), collabo- rate with a group of students to answer the following questions.

In March 2016, Microsoft released the development edition of its new mixed-reality head-mounted device named Microsoft HoloLens. HoloLens differs from digital reality devices like Meta 2 or Oculus Rift because it is a stand-alone, untethered computing device. In other words, it doesn't have to be plugged into a computer. It's a complete Windows 10 computer."'

HoloLens has a custom-built holographic CPU, an Intel 32-bit processor, 2 GB of RAM. and 64 GB of storage. It can be used for 2 to 3 hours without being recharged, and it comes with Bluetooth/Wi-Fi connectivity. It also comes with a 2-megapixel HD video camera, four microphones, motion sensors, light sen- sors. environmental cameras, and a depth-sensing camera.

As a result, HoloLens can do some pretty amazing things. It accepts voice commands and gesture commands (e.g., air tap- ping), it maps spaces in a room, and, most importantly, it creates holograms (virtual objects) in thin air. You can watch videos of how HoloLens works on its YouTube channel.

In a recent demonstration, Microsoft showed how HoloLens could be used collaboratively by having two people in different locations fix a plumbing problem together. A person with a bro- ken pipe was wearing HoloLens, and a person who knew how to fix the pipe was in separate location. The person wearing the HoloLens could see 3D holographic arrows appear on the pipes indicating what needed to be done to fix the problem. The arrows were being hand-drawn on a tablet showing a live video feed from the HoloLens,

In another example, designers and engineers at Autode; use HoloLens to collaboratively create new products." Mechm ical engineers, industrial designers, and marketing manage can all see the product as its being designed. They don't have I iterate through numerous physical prototypes They can mal immediate changes to a virtual prototype before it's even built

Volvo is using HoloLens in a similar way. The company In been able to reduce design times and potentially improve manufacturing processes with the device. HoloLens also hell with sales. Using the device customers can change the color the car they're looking at with one click. Salespeople can als show customers interactive demonstrations of a car's butlt-I safety features (like automatic breaking sensors) in 3D holt graphic environments.

The potential uses for HoloLens are staggering. Gamers won be stuck on the couch playing video games anymore; they will b able to play multiplayer holographic games anywhere with aft) one—for 2 hours. HoloLens will also change the way people cott

municate. Microsoft engineers recently gave a demonstration "holoportation" in which a real-time interactive 3D hologram of; person was holoported into another room. Users wearing Hold/ could interact with the person as if they were in the same roorn. 4

Many other applications In education, entertainment, tali ism, design, engineering, and movies are being developed. All

because HoloLens is one of the first mixed-reality devices 9

become commercially available, it's likely that the best apPill tions for this technology are still unknown. We simply don know what people will use it for. What is clear, however, iS