I think the geo-tagging stuff is very likely to be in the next generation of mobile devices. I think wearable computing is interesting, but I'm not sure what its going to be used for - put it in your pocket computing in the form of phones etc seems so well-established and to be going so well. I am not sure about the future of augmented reality as a consumer technology. Its cool and useful and all, but its just so nerdy. I think about as many people will be wandering about wearing their AR glasses as there are people wearing their bluetooth earpieces - ie the business hardcore, and the geeky. You don't need tagging of all RFIDs to start this sort of thing, or even RFIDs at all, just UUIDs of some kind - such as network IDs for various wireless networking protocols. Have you seen Imity? Interesting idea of social networking based on bluetooth phone tagging. Kind of sucks due to the limitations of crappy current phone tech (Java ME. *sigh*), but in principle is heading in a similar direction.
Also, have you read that Bruce Sterling book Shaping Things, about the concept of the spime and all that?
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Date: 2008-02-08 09:13 am (UTC)I think wearable computing is interesting, but I'm not sure what its going to be used for - put it in your pocket computing in the form of phones etc seems so well-established and to be going so well.
I am not sure about the future of augmented reality as a consumer technology. Its cool and useful and all, but its just so nerdy. I think about as many people will be wandering about wearing their AR glasses as there are people wearing their bluetooth earpieces - ie the business hardcore, and the geeky.
You don't need tagging of all RFIDs to start this sort of thing, or even RFIDs at all, just UUIDs of some kind - such as network IDs for various wireless networking protocols. Have you seen Imity? Interesting idea of social networking based on bluetooth phone tagging. Kind of sucks due to the limitations of crappy current phone tech (Java ME. *sigh*), but in principle is heading in a similar direction.
Also, have you read that Bruce Sterling book Shaping Things, about the concept of the spime and all that?