Going to be a published author!
So my first professional book chapter’s been officially submitted, “Immersive Media and Branding: How being a brand will change and expand in the age of true immersion” (could still be changed) for all those curious. It is about virtual and augmented reality, and what it will mean for brands. Among other things, I talk a lot about how artificial intelligence and how it will inform digital avatars, which are fully fleshed out 3D interactive brand ambassadors. Fascinating thing to think about; literally fleshing out what your brand is, and what that will mean for
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Announcement time
Been kind of quiet here lately…as I’ve been really busy IRL. Two big pieces of news: First: I’ve officially started looking to join a company after 10 years of self employment. Lots of reasons, the biggest being I’ve realized that it’s nearly impossible to drive any sort of advancement in the emerging tech world by yourself – you need to align with a larger team that is doing amazing things. And I would so love to do that…so, for anyone listening: I’d love to be part of your senior team, driving forward advancements in Immersive
Is Projection Mapping Augmented Reality?
Is projection mapping augmented reality? I’ve been mulling this over on and off since a few years ago, since being utterly mesmerized by Amon Tobin’s projection mapping concert. And since this made the rounds in 2015. My knee jerk reaction is – no! Upon further reflection, I’m not so sure. It augments the real world with enhanced data; so why not? Does augmented reality have to mean enhanced information, or does it include *any* data overlay (even just the pretty kind) – and so what if the digital being overlaid, maps to the surface
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Who you calling ugly?
I think this is hilarious. Outsourcing your presence via another human/body with a screen strapped over their face…how long before we’re just lumps of body slumped in a {comfy} dentist chair, living vicariously through a VR screen and an android?
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The Need for Speed
Note: this is the text from a Linkedin post I wrote, in response to a post by Cathy Hackl, She visited a concept store that features Alipay’s “smile to pay” facial recognition payment technology. Here’s her video where she’s discovering facial recognition payment systems in China. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6503651708290293760/ As I’ve written about before, I have some very serious reservations about facial recognition technology and how it will completely remove any semblance of privacy or anonymity. And unfortunately, it’s inevitable. What I am worried about is having our biometric data stored in so many databases, where we have
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Slightly uncanny valley
Wow. So. Uncanny valley…one {really bad} selfie and the Pinscreen app maps my face to a 3d avatar from their library (nb: all the female avatars are ridiculously uber sexed up – no, that’s not my body). It follows what my face is doing as well – with “AR” mode my face was mapped to my boyfriend’s body, with the real room in the background. Amazing how quickly this is all developing; that’s 3 examples in the last few weeks of technology that can quickly, and sometimes – on the fly, create 3d avatars from existing
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Linkedin post: STOs and VC
…here’s the body of my Linkedin post commentary on Tony Perkins’ Medium post, “It’s the end of VC as we know it: The tokenization of private company investment has arrived—and we will all be happier because of it.” The tokenization of the VC business: STOs – asset backed cryptocurrency. I’ve long been watching (and, umm, arguing lol) with the fanboys (so far, it has been only boys) about the viability, long term possibility – and even safety of cryptocurrencies (NB: not blockchain. It’s a solid technology). I’ve even been known to say, “It’s like the dutch
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