The post social age is not the age built after the age of social media, it’s the age built on top of social media.
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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
I love the cyclical nature of the predictions. Including the post-apocalyptic vision of our return to the stone age.
Fast forward 15 years. With Google’s pioneering work, smartphones evolve into wearable devices with augmented reality. These smartglasses provide a constant stream of content and advertisement directly into the user’s field of vision.
After the fad of wearable phone glasses, companies go mad with miniaturization in 25 years. Technology allows for extreme miniaturization and phones become single use, disposable devices.
50 years later, wearable phones make a comeback in the form of wristbands. The wristphone, as it is commonly known, is customized to fit each user’s arm perfectly. It includes state-of-the-art voice-command features as well as holographic component that let you chat with your friends as though they are right next to you.
(via Smartphone of the future will be in your brain - CNN.com)
How Google Builds Its Maps—and What It Means for the Future of Everything
Man this is a long article. Basically it’s saying that Google build a shed load of data into the “backend” of their maps and that kind of data is what makes the future of augmented reality a reality.
Really cool video. I love the gamification aspect of everything. It does a good job, I think, of being fairly realistic, even while leaning towards the dystopian.
Beautiful short film shows a frightening future filled with Google Glass-like devices
To be released sometime next year? But I wonder if it really will be? Still, if they’re shooting for next year you have to figure they’ll be out by 2014 at the latest.
Is Social Gaming Peaking?
Social gaming is a big business and I’m wondering if it’s finally starting to peak. Some places like Japan are starting to scrutinize monetization methods used and the life span of games seems to be getting shorter and shorter. Recent news that Draw Something’s numbers, post acquisition, are nosediving.
I personally don’t think social gaming numbers are dropping but I do think a shift in the market will take place. I think the games themselves will need to evolve. I think they’ll need to keep pushing towards mobile and I think they need to start making the leap beyond just Facebook games. I think over the next few years AR games will become a very big deal.
