Wednesday, November 11. 2009

AT&T Labs Shows of New Tech Ideas

AT&T Labs in San Francisco held an open house last Thursday to show off its Emerging Devices division, and some location-based services, social networking, and medical devices of the future. Most were, well, lame (coupons based on location!). The augmented reality platform isn't lame but feels a bit behind the times:

Another project currently being cooked up in AT&T's Labs, this is called Air Graffiti. AT&T's version of augmented reality, it allows users to virtually tag places with tips, web links, sales information, personal notes, and more. When people then look at digital maps they can see the information for places tagged as they walk down the street. The carrier is aiming to build the back end of this platform and sell it to companies that want to make their own location-based services.

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Augmented Reality at 06:00 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0) |

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It sounds like AT&T is trying to imitate one theme in William Gibson's novel, Spook Country. In the novel, artists create location-dependent virtual art, where (if properly outfitted) a passer-by would be able to see or interact with the art piece.
A fun premise.

#1 Patrick Moore (Link) on 2009-11-11 13:55 (Reply)

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