ABSTRACT
The focus of this chapter is on emerging technologies and their role in coaching. Three technologies, immersive Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Artificial Intelligence, and their potential application to coaching practice are discussed. The chapter begins by considering the developments and weighing the capabilities and the limitations of immersive Virtual Reality technology. It then goes on to suggest possibilities for integrating diverse Virtual Reality applications to coaching, discussing elements of Virtual Reality Technology, such as telepresence, teleportation, and 3D drawing or painting in true scale. The chapter goes on to provide an overview of the state of the art in Augmented Reality and to explore how holographic telepresence and drawing, painting and mind-mapping in mixed reality can expand the coaching tools repertoire. The final section of this chapter discusses the developments in Artificial Intelligence and its current potential to support coaching processes, and it considers the options for AI-powered coaching in the future.
