Sci-fi books on AR & VR
3 books I recently took on holiday with me had a focus on augmented and virtual reality. Apart from the times I’d discovered a new writer and spent months reading their back catalogue, this was the first time that I’d…
Future Visions – Corporate Utopia vs Sci-fi Dystopia?
There’s many views on how new technology will find its way into our lives in the future, in the last few weeks, 2 films have been released which paint future visions. tl;dr Videos are embedded below, scroll down to watch…
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…
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
An augmentation too far?
If you can, spend 5 minutes today watching the following two videos. The first one shows a world of over-integrated Augmented Reality. A scary level of integration contextualising information with common daily tasks. The second demonstrates how this is closer…