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The data’s there, why not use it?

Posted by Jon Peddie on August 17th 2010 | Discuss
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Every day we (or at least I) read about an augmented reality (AR) application or installation somewhere in the world. Maybe I’m just sensitive to the topic since it fulfills one of my fantasies about a sci-fi singularity world I can’t wait to enjoy. The idea of location-based information flowing to me based on a preferences algorithmic learning program (like the Pandora digital radio application) powered by gigantic cloud-based processors and delivered to my very smartphone (which knows who I am, and where I am) is so appealing I simply can’t wait. Why should I wait? Do I really have to?…

Leading edge, bleeding edge, or just edgy?

Posted by Jon Peddie on August 6th 2010 | Discuss
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Siggraph is enigmatic, sphinx like, all knowing, all seeing, and unknowable. Is it a trade show, an academic conference, a big R&D lab, a screening room, a job fair, an artist’s colony, or a gathering of the clan? Yes, Siggraph is. As such, it’s probably a little disappointing to some that it’s not more of whichever aspect they want. It’s literally a shared experience, a happening, chaotic, spontaneous, shocking, surprising, sometimes loud, and annoying. It’s a mix of spiked neon hair, grey hair, no hair, and long shiny hair, but regardless of the costume and artifacts, no one who attends Siggraph…