Augmented reality replaces virtual reality as new tech shibboleth. Since mid 2009 augmented reality has become a favorite search term on Google.
The advent of touchscreen mobile phones with GPS and cameras such as the iPhone and Android phones is giving rise to an array of AR apps from Sekai Camera, Layar, and more. Generally, these apps show the world around you as seen through your phone’s camera, but in addition to functioning as a viewfinder, your screen also functions as a regular computer screen. With help from the GPS and on-board compass, it can place information or graphics on top of buildings or objects seen through the viewfinder.
via Augmented Reality Vs. Virtual Reality: Which One Is More Real?.
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I just googled “spatio-social media” and “socio-spatial media” to see if there was such a subset of social media.
That’s because I needed a catchy and intuitive phrase to describe the essence of my particular research. Well, both of them turned up zero hits on google. Does that mean we “own it” if I publish the phrase here and now?
tjr
Post a regular article on this site about it…. That will definitely put it on the map…
Thanks! I can do that. I tried to log in but my account is no longer in the system. How do I get in? tjr
In the meantime, I finally returned to my blog after I nearly shut down all media asset production last year following my digital severance package.
I thought it would be apt to rename my blog from “Transparopticon” to “Spatio-Social Media Man”
http://tjrogers.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/socio-spatial-media-or-spatio-social-media/