December 5, 2006
HP Mediascapes: location-based information
www.rahulsood.com: Using Mediascapes for Gaming
Interesting concept that sounds a lot like the conceptual (and real) work being done at Information In Place, Inc. (IIPI) for a few years. In fact, the visionary leader of IIPI, Sonny Kirkley, founded a project that opened my mind to mobile augmented reality several years ago call the World Board Project Forum. While this project included many initiatives, the one presentation I remember Sonny giving described school children using an Apple Newton with some attachments to take weather and soil mesurements at GPS-specific locations. Several classes could do this over time and build a database that could be used both for education and real research on the climate.
(note: an introductory paper on the World Board project is still available online and is an interesting read for anyone wanting to learn more about where a lot of this thinking originated).
Creating a digital "overlay" of the real world has a number of interesting learning opportunities and will challenge our knowledge of "reality" as technology progresses. It is with great interest that I watch as HP opens the door with a free (for non-commercial use) application to allow many possibilities for information/reality overlays.
Posted by Rovy at December 5, 2006 1:12 PM
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