Augmented (hyper)Reality
Augmented reality as a concept has been round for ages now but there is a surge of interest in it every now and again. Most recently I think that smart-phones with reasonable processing power (read: iPhones, Android) have allowed applications to use augmented reality in a way that is actually useful. This video by Keiichi Matsuda paints a vision of the future. A vision that I, as someone who uses Adblock and skips through every single tv ad, personally finds a little nightmarish:
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:45 pm
As someone who loves adverts and little bits of info here and there (much like the pop up info on VH1 music videos) I think this looks great!
February 16th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
I’d buy that for a dollar.
You have to remember, we share a planet with 4chan. Hacked vore guro sensory overload FTL.
February 16th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Also WHAT I THOUGHT WAS I’D PRETEND TO BE ONE OF THOSE DEAF MUTES.