Augmented Reality: Enhanced Perception

Webratta writes: "Can you imagine wearing glasses or goggles that, when looking at a person, a built-in display would tell you everything you wanted to know about that person? According to an article in Popular Science the day of cyborg-like enhanced perception could be closer than we imagined. Just imagine the privacy concerns stemming from this..."

Comments

Privacy issues - not necessarily

[nakhla]

The privacy concerns depend on where the information comes from. If it comes from a centralized database, then yes. But, if the user (the owner of the goggles) chooses the information to assign to a person then there aren't any big concerns. For instance, I could choose to display their name, birthday, wedding anniversary, and their favorite restaurant. It would be information that I already know, this would just allow me to access it more readily. In a way, it would act like a face-recognizing entry in my PDA, brining up all of the information I've already collected about that person.

Dating

[jaavaaguru]

That could make dating so much more reliable for us geeks. Just think what it would be like if you already knew that she shared the same interests, etc. You could probably have built in web access to these things too and check out her online profile. Oh wait... we're probably already sitting in front of our computers looking at her profile before we attempt dating anyway :-)

Instructions

[GSV NegotiableEthics]

Can you imagine wearing glasses or goggles that, when looking at a person, a built-in display would tell you everything you wanted to know about that person?

• Take normal pair of shades
• Take sticky label
• Write "Not for you, she won't" on label
• Put sticky label on inside of shades.
• Hand shades to the male geek of your choice

Oh joy. Yet another form of advertising.

[Colin Smith]

You *know* that one of the first things that they'll do if this stuff ever becomes popular is to sell virtual advertising space. Adverts won't just be static billboards. They'll jump out at you.

Have you heard of Steve Mann?

[fireboy1919]

He's almost completely the father of wearable computing. He wore a pair of glasses and a "keyboard" interface everywhere he goes, and worked for MIT media lab. People who have met him say he seemed more intelligent than he actually is, because his vision sensors send information back to the lab which he can route to others for aid in identification, and he asked questions on the LAN IRC (I don't think they actually use that protocol) and got the answers from the minds of MIT. Its as though he can answer any question.

His page is at the University of Toronto now, and those glasses he's wearing are exactly the ones that I mentioned - at least, they're the fourth draft of the ones I mentioned.

Great for the bar scene....

[Uttles]

I turn my head when a knockout enters the room and am presented with:

Age: 23
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 120lbs
Measurements: 38-24-36
Status: Single - 3 months
Favorite Drink: Anything with kick
Residence: 1 bdr apt - 3 blocks away

Warning : Syphillis!!!

Shoot... well, it was a good daydream while it lasted...