Screens: The Final Frontier

Augmented Reality took the marketing world by storm a year ago. And technology, because of the hype, advanced quite fast. It was a matter of months between having to use a marker like this:

becoming an experience like this:

Yet one thing will always hold us back: the screen. All of this experiences requires a screen. It is our next Final Frontier. Yes, mobile phones made them more portable which enabled apps like Layar to do very cool and useful stuff, but imagine not even needing that. Imagine a real-life HUD.

The closest thing, I guess, would be contact lenses. And as a matter of fact, some people are already on the job. Talk to you again in a couple of years.

Augmented Reality took the marketing world by storm a year ago. And technology, because of the hype, advanced quite fast. It was a matter of months between having to use a marker like this: becoming an experience like this: Yet one thing will always hold us back: the ...