A Look into the future: augmented reality?

What will happen in the future if in the last decade we've seen the developement of the internet, convergence of technology so we have a camera, video camera, mobile phone, computer, mobile music device etc. in the palm of our hand?

Charles Arthur investigates how the ways in which we watch sport, read magazines and do business with each other could change for everhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/mar/21/augmented-reality-iphone-advertising

Here is a link to a video about how augmented reality works
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/video/2009/dec/10/augmented-reality-travel-apps



What do you think? Will face to face communication become a thing of the past? Will we become a faceless society? or will, like David Gauntlett suggests, we become happier and more content as online media enables us to be more collaborative and creative? Furthermore, will we become much more rounded and cultured individuals as the technology of web 2.0 allows us to explore multiple-versions of our personality? Is Judith Butler right, is our identity interchangeable as we perform and self represent ourselves or a version of ourselves in cyber space?

The debate is endless. The key to success in this topic area is your ability to integrate theory and suggest how different theories support or challenge contemporary debates.

Future of online media

This is a interesting article on the future of you tube and it's current impact on society

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/apr/23/youtube-five-years-on

Facebook and Microsoft are collaborating in ways that benefit both companies, and should help them to compete with Google, but ultimately, both have bigger ambitions

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/apr/22/facebook-docs-microsoft-office

Think about how this could change your experience (in education for instance)

Second Life

second life link

remedial thoughts

Here is a link to a blog (remedial thoughts) that's written by Rob Jewitt (lecturer in media and cultural studies). Remedial Thoughts touches on current developments within media and cultural studies, including journalism, digital media and web studies.

http://www.remedialthoughts.com/2010/03/whistlestop-tour-through-audiences-and.html