OK, so I've blogged a couple of times about AR used in marketing. I'm in that field, so it's interesting to consider its applications there.
But, more personally, I'm a Singularity believer, a Ray Kurzweil fan and (according to my big sis) a power dork :)
But, in honesty, the future of mankind is something that has flitted through my mind for the past 10 years or so, as I question my role here, the point of existence and all that other light-hearted stuff. Without being too heavy, I've been asking why man is so obsessed with creating artificial intelligence, and if we succeed, what that could ultimately lead to. For now, the benefit split between man and machine can be loosely described as machine:vast ability to retain data, reliability, strength, and man:creativity, lateral thought when speaking about intelligence. To combine the 2, could effectively provide our infinite imagination with all the knowledge of our past (through technology) and really give us a path to the future. I often consider the world in terms of meta data (for example, when I think of my friend Jim, I also think birthday: May 10, location: New York etc). Computers are far, far better at this, so what if we could project all that meta data into our physical world in a relevant way?
MIT have a project called Sixth Sense, which plays nicely into my feelings about the shorter-term future. The video below (bad as it is) takes you through how current reality can be augmented using a simple project and coloured markers with software. Part Minority Report, part Terminator, it's a fascinating, and relatively accessible future.
At the same time, I'm a huge advocate of open-source development, believing that removing the barriers that prevent it will accelerate our combined intelligence and achievements exponentially. Singularity Hub today reports that MIT has done just that with Sixth Sense, opening it up to all and sundry to create and share. The future just got more exciting...
But, more personally, I'm a Singularity believer, a Ray Kurzweil fan and (according to my big sis) a power dork :)
But, in honesty, the future of mankind is something that has flitted through my mind for the past 10 years or so, as I question my role here, the point of existence and all that other light-hearted stuff. Without being too heavy, I've been asking why man is so obsessed with creating artificial intelligence, and if we succeed, what that could ultimately lead to. For now, the benefit split between man and machine can be loosely described as machine:vast ability to retain data, reliability, strength, and man:creativity, lateral thought when speaking about intelligence. To combine the 2, could effectively provide our infinite imagination with all the knowledge of our past (through technology) and really give us a path to the future. I often consider the world in terms of meta data (for example, when I think of my friend Jim, I also think birthday: May 10, location: New York etc). Computers are far, far better at this, so what if we could project all that meta data into our physical world in a relevant way?
MIT have a project called Sixth Sense, which plays nicely into my feelings about the shorter-term future. The video below (bad as it is) takes you through how current reality can be augmented using a simple project and coloured markers with software. Part Minority Report, part Terminator, it's a fascinating, and relatively accessible future.
At the same time, I'm a huge advocate of open-source development, believing that removing the barriers that prevent it will accelerate our combined intelligence and achievements exponentially. Singularity Hub today reports that MIT has done just that with Sixth Sense, opening it up to all and sundry to create and share. The future just got more exciting...
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