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Proprioceptive / Synesthetic interface “Interface” or extension of the Self?

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Proprioceptive / Synesthetic interface

“Interface” or extension of the Self?

Supernormal stimuli (vs. text displays)

‘Here’s a thought experiment: suppose you hold up a smartphone and say, “where’s my shoe?” and a laser-pointer jumps out of it and focuses a hot red dot on your lost shoe […]. Maybe we need a definitional category that

involves humble little “augment apps” that don’t inflict major interventions on “reality.”Bruce Sterling, (Wired Blog)

(minimal, iconic graphics by no means imply “small”)

Zero-delay / zero mismatch for Spatial AR

...Towards a “function projector”?

“ Augmented Reality as the graphic front-end of Ubiquity. And Ubiquity as the killer-app of Sustainability.”, B.Sterling, (Wired Blog)

Wait: what do we mean by “mixed reality”?

Skin Games

High speed, zero-delay, zero-mismatch spatial AR.

Knowledge Voxels

multi-modal spatial AR for browsing large databases.

Physical affordances... as services?

rechargeable hammer

erasable book

...utopian or dystopian future?

FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Why Interfaces Beyond the Desktop may matter!

QWERTY vs DVORAK… x 1000000!

Failing to see alternatives may be a faux-pas with lasting or irreversible consequences (sustainability, monopoly, waste):