augmented reality

I’ve posted the videos from my talk Outside – the future is not in front of us at idejax.

Ever wanted to travel back in time to your favorite city and imagine how it actually existed hundreds of years ago? Or hear the stories of a city's residents in their own words while going for a stroll through historical neighborhoods? The new age of augmented travel, which integrates geo-location technologies with historical maps and rich multimedia content into a sort of geo-temporal human Web, promises the global traveler (as well as the armchair historian) the opportunity to interact with the physical surroundings of cities around the world in fundamentally new ways.

Thanks to Adfreak for posting this video showing the very scary side of an augmented reality future. Sadly, this is what happens when advertising gets ahold of something. The truth is, when ad agencies talk about 360 advertising, what they're picturing is you with a circular TV surrounding your head. But I know that Sydney, who's 8 now, will use AR every day when she gets to college, so it's a technology that won't be going away any time soon.

Everyone knew that Avatar was a technically advanced, but you will probably be surprised at the amazing fusion of performance and technology. The whole special is brilliant and if you liked the movie you will enjoy this a lot.

Time to look ahead into 2010 and think about what's going to make an impact this year: 

Nicola Whitton from play think learn has just published a post with some thoughts about how gaming has changed in the past ten years, and how these advances in gaming could inform learning.