Comments on: Augmented reality taken to the extreme http://flowingdata.com/2010/07/08/augmented-reality-taken-to-the-extreme/ Strength in Numbers Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:35:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan http://flowingdata.com/2010/07/08/augmented-reality-taken-to-the-extreme/#comment-46951 Dan Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:56:11 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=9866#comment-46951 I think if people were getting paid to run advertisements in their kitchen like that, say.. 1000 ads becomes $200 USD/month towards rent, then it's possible we would do this to ourselves. Scary thought. Running your in-house advertising for today: [==========| ] 2.5 hrs/55% I think if people were getting paid to run advertisements in their kitchen like that, say.. 1000 ads becomes $200 USD/month towards rent, then it’s possible we would do this to ourselves. Scary thought.

Running your in-house advertising for today:
[==========| ] 2.5 hrs/55%

]]> By: SingeMonkey http://flowingdata.com/2010/07/08/augmented-reality-taken-to-the-extreme/#comment-46946 SingeMonkey Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:11:43 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=9866#comment-46946 I think designers of visual displays - heads-up displays, in-camera displays - must just laugh with derision every time they see this stuff. The principle there seems to be: "as much as you need and no more." Otherwise it just distracts and irritates. I think the Hollywood, Minority Report type displays are going to look laughably quaint in 2025. I'm looking forward to the other side of augmented reality. An in-eye adblocker. I think designers of visual displays – heads-up displays, in-camera displays – must just laugh with derision every time they see this stuff. The principle there seems to be: “as much as you need and no more.”

Otherwise it just distracts and irritates. I think the Hollywood, Minority Report type displays are going to look laughably quaint in 2025.

I’m looking forward to the other side of augmented reality. An in-eye adblocker.

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