I found this article, "Mobile phones get Cyborg Vision" and thought it was very interesting, and very relevant to the unit, because I know all of us are very dependent on our mobile phones for so many things! I often wonder where I would be, and what I would do without my phone! It just seems to hold so much valuable information.
It is clear that we have become so dependant on these small pieces of technology for calling people, texting friends, or emailing work. Mobile phones as advanced as the iPhone, have almost any application imaginable, and very soon (once it has been launched), they will have 'Augmented realiy' (AR).
Recently, Augmented Reality has now become available for handsets. "Via the video function of the mobile phone's camera it is now possible to combine a regular pictorial view with added data from the internet just as the fictional Terminator was able to overlay its view of the world with vital information about its surroundings". This is incredible, and the video clip at the top of the article is fascinating, so please watch it to see how crazy cool Augmented Reality is.
The video clip uses the example of how the UK firm Acrossair has used Augmented Reality to launch a new application for the iPhone, that helps people in London to find their way, exactly, to a tube station closest to where they are at the time.
It is bazar to think that when you turn your mobile phone's camera on, and let it view your surroundings, it will immediately identify where you are, and when you lower your mobile phone's camera so that it is facing the ground, arrows will appear to show you which tube stations are closest to you, and exactly how you get there.
Today, we are all cyborgs, we are all depend on mobile phones. We all live on our laptops, and we all try to keep up with the newest technologies, and at the rate technology is going, if we don't keep up, it is clear that we will get left behind! It is scary to think how dependant we have become on today's advancing technology. The more advanced technology becomes, the less things we have to do ourselves. "Eventually, it seems possible that mobile phones might play the role of a kind of supplementary brain". What do you think?
I hope you are all as fascinated by Augmented Reality as I am! Enjoy reading the article everyone!!
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