Comments on: Web 3.0 or just “Augmented Reality + Always Connected / Always in Sync” ?

By: About Different Types of Fragmentation : Mihai Corlan

About Different Types of Fragmentation : Mihai Corlan — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:19:22 +0000

[...] 1. Almost two years ago I wrote a post on a somehow related matter (augmented reality + always connected/synced). Back then I was pretty [...]

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:09:24 +0000

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/20/AR2009112001318.html?wpisrc=newsletter

By: george

george — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:21:57 +0000

The carriers are already redesigning temselfs. They started 4g speeds, because it`s all about the speed….

By: Mohan

Mohan — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:25:18 +0000

Interesting!
Wonder what this would do to human intelligence? It took millennia for us to evolve cognitive development skills and a level of maturity and intelligence. .. and just a few technologies could reverse them?

Example: I cant do the level of multiplication in my head that my dad does since I belong to the calculator generation. Wonder if the next generations would digress too?

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:18:47 +0000

Looking forward to your new posts on the topic!
Here’s something more to consider when thinking about choice:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/25/AR2009092501088.html?wpisrc=newsletter

By: Andreia

Andreia — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:14:21 +0000

Loved your post and the picture with the Adobe evangelists. I would like to have such an application to point out people in the crowd and their resumes (I interviewed thousands of people and very often I happen to ask myself “I know this guy – but where do I know him from???” :D

As for the GPS device that warns you about traffic jams – I have been thinking about it too for the last 2 years. They were talking about Google maps this morning on the radio – it seems that they developed such a thing.

By: Mihai Corlan

Mihai Corlan — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:36:35 +0000

@Vanessa

I know what you mean, and actually I am thinking on what you lose/gain. maybe I have time this week to wrap it up in a post.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:47:40 +0000

The point is, the choice may no longer be really there anymore.
I liked your essay, is beautifully constructed, however, it misses a critical perspective: you hinted at what is to be gained, but what about what is to be lost?
And what about the other side? When real life becomes a superposition on virtual worlds? (see SL). Maybe SL is Web 3.0.

By: Mihai Corlan

Mihai Corlan — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:00:41 +0000

Probably never. But as I said you have a choice; you can get lost if this is what you want.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:48:27 +0000

Just out of curiosity, how often do you actually switch off the GPS?

By: Mihai Corlan

Mihai Corlan — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:46:10 +0000

@Vanessa

Not really :D At least, now, I can choose to get lost (switch off the GPS) :)

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:30:30 +0000

Pretty scary your Magic Glasses ;)
I would definitely not call it “Augmented” reality, but “impoverished” reality since it floods you with pre-digested, more-often-than-not minor data while cutting you off from spontaneity and, yes, perhaps, a genuine exercise of imagination.
The last thing the world needs is more junk-information, interfaces and technology-intermediation :)
Doesn’t anyone miss those days, without a GPS, getting lost and discovering a new and interesting place?!

By: Cum crezi ca va arata Web 3.0? : Despre Adobe Romania

Cum crezi ca va arata Web 3.0? : Despre Adobe Romania — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:22:52 +0000

[...] scris pe blogul meu, zilele trecute, un articol despre cum cred ca va arata Web 3.0. Va invit sa il cititi si sa spuneti ce credeti comentand [...]

By: Mihai Corlan

Mihai Corlan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:59:52 +0000

@Ryan

Thanks Ryan! As a matter of fact it gave me the perfect opportunity to play with their picture :)

I have to have a look at the app you’re talking about. Unfortunately I don’t have an iPhone anymore (company’s GSM provider doesn’t offer iPhone).

By: George

George — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:30:13 +0000

I also see web 3.0 as being a deeper integration into the real world (ex: a more 3d like streetview.), but probably it will take longer to create the glasses that you wish for. Would be cool though to have access to the police database with those glasses and see all convictions the guy in front of you has. I’m sure the ride by tube would be so interesting :) .

And the picture with the evangelists is really crazy, it’s a good way to remember that Miti owes you money.

By: Ryan Stewart

Ryan Stewart — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:17:15 +0000

Haha, good post. And I love the mocked up picture of the evangelists.

Have you played with some of the augmented reality apps on the iPhone? The Yelp one is kind of cool. It’s not “detection” augmented reality, but it uses the compass and gps to overlay the location of restaurants near you so you can figure out where they are. It’s pretty slick.

=Ryan
ryan@adobe.com