Augmented (Hyper)Reality

Over on GOOD.is, there's a video posted that demonstrates Keiichi Matsuda's conception of what augmented reality might look like. As we've seen in some previous posts, this type of reality may not be [as] far off [as some would like].

But what's with all the ads? Adds a touch of realism, I suppose.

Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop from Keiichi Matsuda on Vimeo.

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What Augmented Reality Could Actually Look Like
http://www.good.is/post/what-augmented-reality-could-actually-look-like/

Recognizr: An Augmented ID Concept

A few posts ago[1], I referenced the Sixth Sense TED presentation. Here's[2] another technology along the same lines. It's a prototype video for an Android app that retrieves information on a person using facial recognition. They call it Recognizr, an "augmented ID" concept.



Also, for those eye-tracking augmented reality glasses that I mentioned in the other post...the eye-tracker just seems like a slight modification of this[3].

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[1] "SixthSense" from MIT Media Lab
http://kwawatu.blogspot.com/2010/02/sixthsense-from-mit-media-lab.html

[2] Recognizr
href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TATMobileUI#p/u/0/5GqJHaNRla

[3] Student learns to control computer with a blink of an eye
http://www.rit.edu/news/?v=46626

And make sure to check out the WSJ video:

Andy Jordan's Tech Diary: EyeTech Quick Glance
http://online.wsj.com/video/andy-jordans-tech-diary-eyetech-quick-glance/6B9D2F61-C8FE-41F8-BA10-4F2DFB85355D.html

[Socially] Situating Personal Information Management

PIM practices become easier if [an] organization provides some infrastructure to alleviate the difficulty of these activities. But a larger value is that the organization can leverage these personal practices to improve the effectiveness of others and to capture that elusive corporate knowledge in an easy way.

Situating Personal Information Management[1]

Thought provoking. Give the video a watch.

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[1] Situating Personal Information Management - http://www.youtube.com/user/googletechtalks#p/u/1/eA9NT4b6UNA

"SixthSense" from MIT Media Lab

Pattie Maes and one of her students, Pranav Mistry, demonstrated a system they've been working on to "augment" a user's experience of the world by delivering relevant information about certain objects, as well as allowing the user to interact with that information.

Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense
http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html

I've imagined something similar in the form of glasses that record your eye movements and cross-reference that data with recorded images of what's in front of you with to determine points of focus. Then, theoretically, they could display information about whatever you're focusing on onto the glass of the spectacles. Pattie Maes takes it in a slightly different direction when, at around 08:30 in the video, she says, "who knows, maybe in another 10 years we'll be here with the ultimate 6th sense brain implant."

Regardless of the interface (fingers, eyes, brain, etc.), is this something that would be good for humans?

10/GUI

I thought this was pretty awesome and on-point; check it out:
http://10gui.com/video/

An apropos re-imagining of the way that interaction with the desktop computer should work. At first I thought, while watching, "if you're gonna suggest a change for desktop interaction interfaces, why not just go all out and promote eye trackers or cerebral interfaces." But I realized that Miller's way is a significantly different approach than the one we have now, while still possible in the relatively near future.

I mean, we already have multi-touch; hardware for the input device could be developed cheaper than a multi-touch display (since it doesn't have to display as well). Then it's a matter of writing drivers (easy enough) and adapting software (maybe a little harder). Integration with Gnome 3.0 would be awesome.