Why I can’t embrace Augmented Reality
Cross-posted from Ubelly.com Over the last few years we’ve seen some jaw-dropping Augment Reality demos. Here’s a YouTube playlist of some of my favourites: I love watching these and enjoy imagining me being in a situation where one of these…
Password too weak #badux
At least tell me what the rules are. I think the button I click the most is ‘Forgotten Password’. Posted via email from Mr.Spooner’s Posterous
This is cool–> Tesco: Homeplus Subway Virtual Store via @mattbagwell
Potentially as tedious as self-serve checkouts, but a lovely idea. I’d look forward to seeing the analytics showing the different products purchased after 9pm. 24 pack of KitKats anyone? Posted via email from Mr.Spooner’s Posterous
Would you like a little glass of apple juice?
“Taking photos is fun. Sharing photos is fun.” Really? From Google http://www.google.com/+/demo/ Posted via email from Mr.Spooner’s Posterous
Seriously jaw dropping Kinect / Ableton / Max live sound looping demo via @jamesalliban
This should silence the critics who talk about latency issues with Kinect. If there’s one area where latency really makes a difference, it’s music. Hope there’s a bit of this at Glastonbury this weekend. Nom nom. Posted via email from…
Augmented Reality Cinema
A lovely idea although I wouldn’t recommend wandering Edinburgh searching for scenes from Train Spotting unless you don’t like your phone. Posted via email from Mr.Spooner’s Posterous
WAP v HTML5 v Native
Cross-posted from Ubelly.com WAP, A language from the past I’ve been having many conversations in the last few weeks about mobile browsing, reminiscing about WAP (Wireless Access Protocol) and how for a short while we were led to believe that…
Bill Buxton’s Collection of Interesting Objects
I like his review of the SwissChamp XAVT – “The Swiss Army knife is the equivalent of a bloated application. It has so many great applications that it is useless – except to collectors like me who find extreme cases…
Mark Bohr Gets Small: 22nm Explained – Intel 3D Transistors
Intel announced this week that they had made a breakthrough in transistor technology enabling them to create smaller, faster and more efficient transistors. But what does that actually mean? This lovely video and animation from Intel puts the scale of…
The Future of Interaction?
Recently I’ve been having a number of conversations about the future of interfaces and how the way we interact with computers and information will likely change in the near future. These conversations are mostly in reference to Kinect. We’ve come…