Virtual Reality Veteran FSK1138 Talks About His New Low-Tech Lifestyle
Via Technoccult:
You say now use the Internet for less than 3 hours a week and do not own a TV, phone, or stove. What brought you to the point that you decided you had to unplug like that?
I lived in Guyana for 4 years. You can have days when you have no power, and I survived. I feel that people think that the Internet will always be there. I feel it will not and the day is coming soon. I have seen the Internet change over the years – it has changed alot. The day is coming, I feel, that the can not remain a free utility.
Life really is not hard without technology if you learn to live without it. But if you’re addicted – what then?
When did you decide to cut back your use of technology?
When I realized it was taking up so much of my time – 2007…
The Eyeborg Rob Spence Wants Augmented Reality in His Head
What is augmented reality? Check out the Eyeborg’s latest project:
Disinformation: The Podcast interviewed Rob Spence last year, take a listen. Also check out this impromptu CrunchGear interview with the Eyeborg (right in the NYC Disinformation office) that took place around the same time:
Interview With Institute for the Future Researcher Chris Arkenberg
Via Technoccult:
How exactly does forecasting work? What’s the process like?
To begin with, I’d like to just underline that forecasting and prediction are very different. As futurists, we’re not making predictions but, rather, making approximations based on existing trends. I like to think of it as collapsing probability space into the most likely futures.
So having said that, there are many forecasting methodologies but most of them begin with scanning. This is a process of tracking information flows to get signals around your domain. Signals are essentially any event within the domain that you’re researching. So you pay attention to as many data streams as possible to get a feel for the emerging trends, where the money is flowing, social politics, etc… And from this you can start to derive estimates of where things are heading.
Typically this activity is followed by many different methods of analysis. You might talk to experts in…
Real World Embraces “Augmented Reality” Apps
One researcher overlayed Second Life avatars onto the real world by projecting reprocessed virtual data directly into the eyes, while 13 new “augmented reality” games have been developed in the last 15 months, and an AR company called Total Immersion is already working with the Department of Defense. “The educational, entertainment, artistic and business applications are nearly limitless,” argues futurist Michael Anissimov. “The technology allows a blurring between the real and virtual on a scale that’s never been seen before.”
And one app even offers virtual X-ray vision, and suggests the prospect of mapping user manuals directly onto an object!
This article appears in the first issue of H+ magazine to hit newsstands (today!), but an update on their web page cites a “rapidly accelerating” augmented reality market, describing Layar’s plans to release an iPhone version of their AR app this week (after whichRoboVision predicts “half a dozen” competitors).
Layar’s live cell phone video is already…
