Mid-sized computers might actually work this time
The impending launch of the iPad has had me thinking a lot about where computers in general are going. Mobile computers are moving into larger form-factors and they are bringing their mobile operating...
View ArticleMy Android App
If you follow me on Twitter you have probably noticed all my tweets about a mysterious Android app that I’m working on. Well that app shall be a mystery no more… I have made it available for download...
View ArticleObvious Idea #3: GPS Quest
Another in my ongoing series of ideas I’ll probably never act on. Do whatever you like with this. If you actually make the game and it runs on Android, let me know. I’d love to try it out. The High...
View ArticleHow did I do with my 2010 predictions
I realize these “predictions at new years” posts are a little cheesy and that you see them everywhere. I enjoy writing them, so I’m going to do it anyway. This is my look back at my predictions of one...
View Article2011
In the interest of seeing just how wrong I can be twelve months from now, here is a list of things I think will happen in 2011. This is possibly the worst day of the year to write such a post, what...
View Article7 Requirements for an Augmented Reality Positioning System
For me, a positioning system has a few requirements to be appropriate for widespread use in Rainbow’s End-style augmented reality: The system should scale to any number of mobile devices. The system...
View ArticleSimulating Locator Beacons
Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about how a locator system that satisfies my own requirements could be put together. My current approach is a system of beacons in fixed positions that communicate...
View ArticleFiguring out a common time base
Using the locator beacon network from the simulator for an indoor navigation system that follows my own requirements means that a receiver must be able to use the network without sending out signals to...
View ArticleHow did I do with my 2011 predictions?
A year ago I posted a list of predictions for 2011. Let’s see how I did: Wrong. Netflix did pick up more content. They are doing some interesting things with Arrested Development, for instance....
View Article7 kinds of Media?
I recently watched this video from AWE 2013 by Toni Ahonen on why Augmented Reality is the 8th mass media. The part of his talk that didn’t quite sit right with me is his list of types of Mass Media....
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