Mastering The Hype Cycle

In a May blog post we looked at the growing activity in augmented reality, such as Nokia’s Point and Find and Mobilizy’s Wikitude. Since then, we’ve noticed a surge of interest in human computer interaction more generally, both in terms of client inquiries and press attention.
Some of this is certainly focused around augmented reality, as organizations [...]

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Following Geovector’s selection as a Cool Vendor in 2006, we’re starting to see other early commercialization of augmented reality capabilities using cell phones, such as Mobilizy’s Wikitude and Tonchidot’s Sekai Camera.
We’re also seeing a growing body of well-informed discussion and debate around types of augmented reality and their relative maturity. In Augmented Vision and the Decade of Ubiquity, [...]

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As I have mentioned before in this blog, the search phrase ‘next big thing’ is a very useful one for emerging trends and technologies tracking.  Yes, its a cliche and used way too much by journalists – but their headline quick fix is your radar tracking gain.  Here’s a small collection of recent references I [...]

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