I came across this video posting on Twitter that provides a glimpse of what the future may look like with Augmented Reality. In this video the user is going through the simple act of making tea, but what is fascinating about this depiciton is how entirely possible this is with currently available technology. With accurate GPS tracking, a compass, an accelerometer and an external set of glasses capable of overlaying video on what is in the field of view and voila... you have a space that is fully augmented with the virtual world. If you can further enhance this with technolgies like the forthcoming Natal from Microsoft and add 4G coverage with bandwidth capacity of 30 MBps +, people may actually be able to exist in a hybrid world of the real and the virtual and fully interact in this world.
In this augmented world you will not only be able to look up contextual information based on physical location, you will be able to control your physical environment through virtual interactions. This could very well be the emrging interface of the 21st century. As this video demonstrates, the user was actually able to turn on the tea pot with a virtual motion from a pop up interface that appeared in his field of view. He also was able to quickly change his application view to a Social Network that could be viewed in three dimensions. This is all very cool stuff and not very far fetched. I can't wait for my iPhone 5G to arrive. It may only be a few years out.
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