Don’t forget the solicitations for the sale.

There’s a new iPhone app that displays directions/other pertinent information in an overlay on the camera. It’s really cool when used in a place like New York while trying to navigate public transportation:

This reminds me of other augmented reality experiments. Have you seen Squidder? These guys are insane, with face recognition in Flash, adding that recognition to Twitter updates, and the one that blows my mind: the t-shirt with your status updates…updating.

PaperTweet3d: Augmented Reality T-shirts from squidder on Vimeo.

I may have to experiment with things like my barcode shirt.

Did I mention that they put their source code online?

Those guys are the next generation of what I remember hearing about Kevin Warwick (part robot) and Steve Mann (the sousveillance guy who has a computer screen projecting into his eye. I remember when he was a student and his professors decided to let him wear his computer during tests. Now he’s a professor with his own cyborg following.)

I also remember the predictions by Howard Rheingold about Smart Mobs during some of my study while working on my masters degree. That’s when required reading doesn’t feel so required.

My tech prediction? Augmented reality will be pop-up/spam free for a few years and then it will be overrun. It’s ironic when I consider the content of today’s bloggh posts.

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