Tag Archives: computing

Sticky Light

By Tom Saunter | Published: August 24, 2009

Ready for some frickin’ laserbeams to kickstart the week? I know I am. A team from the University of Tokyo have conceived of several new applications for lasers, some of which are interesting to say the least, others potentially groundbreaking. These applications arise from their Smart Laser Scanner (markerless laser tracking) technology: Essentially, it is […]

Posted in Technology | Also tagged dr evil, feedback, input and output, interface, ishikawa, laser scanner, laserbeam, lasers, light interaction, map, rangefinder, smart laser scanner, target, technology, tracking, university of tokyo, video editing | 4 Responses

Top 60 Jobs That Will Rock the Future

By Tom Saunter | Published: August 19, 2009

Here’s a total re-blog of some interesting thoughts from Get Degrees. It’s lifted wholesale from their article Top 60 Jobs That Will Rock the Future: We know where the jobs are now… but where will they be ten years from now? Twenty? Some job descriptions will always be in need, but many others are evolving […]

Posted in The Future | Also tagged 3D, atmosphere, brain, brainstorm, business, clients, community, companies, company, corporate, corporations, data, decade, Design, digital, drugs, economics, education, energy, entertainment, face, Film, fish, food, found, functions, Gaming, google, green, holiday, human, ideas, individuals, industry, information, innovation, intelligence, interactive, interesting, interface, internet, jobs, learning, LED, life, light, location, love, management, maps, Media, mind, Mobile, money, movies, new, News, office, online, patient, pc, people, phone, plan, play, popular, potential, power, problem, production, reality, research, resources, robots, scary, science, screen, search, second life, security, service, site, social, society, sound, space, special, statistics, technology, The Future, therapy, thinking, time, travel, trend, trends, video, virgin galactic, virtual, water, wave, Web, website, wikipedia, world | 4 Responses

Bibliography

By Tom Saunter | Published: August 13, 2009

So that’s it, my series is over. All that’s left to do now is credit the academic sources that influenced and aided in the construction of my argument. Thanks to everyone below, and thanks to you, dear reader, for coming along for the ride. References: Baudrillard, Jean (1983). Simulations. New York: Semiotext(e). Baudrillard, Jean (1988). […]

Posted in Academic | Also tagged Academic, augmented reality, brief, Culture, Design, digital, emergence, exploration, Gaming, gps, guide, history, icon, idea, image, imaging, information, interaction, life, love, marshall mcluhan, mcluhan, Media, MIT, mixed reality, Mobile, new, postmodern, reality, research, rules, series, space, technology, university, virtual, visual, walter benjamin, wearable, world | Leave a comment

Summary So Far

By Tom Saunter | Published: July 2, 2009

In summary, Mobile AR has many paths leading to it. It is this convergence of various paths that makes a true historical appraisal of this technology difficult to achieve. However, I have highlighted facets of its contributing technologies that assist in the developing picture of the implications that Mobile AR has in store. A hybridisation […]

Posted in Academic | Also tagged 3D, Advertising, business, cambridge, commerce, commercial, development, device, digital, emergence, entertainment, entertainment markets, financial investment, Gaming, hardware, hybridisation, immersion, immersive, information, interactive, interesting, internet, logical progression, magazine, market readiness, medium, Mobile, net, new, News, nokia, philosophy, phone, physical reality, potential, power, prototype, realistic interpretations, reality, related industries, report, set, share, shares, simple, smartphone, social, software, success, T-Immersion, tag, technique, technology, transmission, trends, ubiquitous, user, users, viral, wearable | 2 Responses

Web Discoveries for June 24th

By Tom Saunter | Published: June 24, 2009

These are my del.icio.us links for June 24th Node | world leader in Location Based Media – Clever, if rather corporate looking site that says it’s authors seem to have their heads screwed on when it comes to mixed reality applications. Atlas Obscura | Wondrous, curious & bizarre locations around the world – All credit […]

Posted in Del.icio.us | Also tagged analytics, audio, Blogging, business, buzz, cool, Culture, Del.icio.us, device, free, gadgets, gear, geo, geography, gps, guide, history, innovation, intelligence, interesting, link, links, linux, location, locative, mapping, maps, marketing, Media, monitoring, museum, News, online, reality, reference, reputation, research, site, social, socialmedia, technology, The Future, Tools, travel, weird | Leave a comment