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"The Pinnacle Of Innovation"

(Updated)

It's a hot and lazy day in May, but I'm still writing. Yay =D

Stark's helmet sports some impressive AR tech.

The Iron Man movies. Great action, but what really impressed me about it is the perfect rendition of what Augmented Reality could do, and how it would look like.

(clips further down)

All the gestures he uses to control the three-dimensional objects that surrounds him are perfect as well. Some I recognize from tablet technologies displayed at conventions etc. Allthough they are often only used on contact surfaces like touch screens etc.

Judging by the review series I found on youtube(posted by tomekw1992), they spent many many hours making these sequences as well as direct an actor how to move and pretend to use the thing, which in real life before they added the effects weren't there at all. But I don't doubt Downey's acting skills was of great help. (There are some deleted scenes in there as well)

Don't ask me how they would make a hologram like that possible in real life, I sincerely doubt it's possible without the use of some kind of AR glasses. I know no laser technology that is able to produce something even close to this. Even though they are probably trying, and there are examples, but they just aren't as optimal. And once they realize that they could make it possible without spending anything compared to what they have been for the last few years.

He is basically surrounded by a local 3D environment. Good thing about 3D environments is that the scale and size of anything in it can be changed to beyond what the size of a room is. I've often imagined "spawning" a small square to play media, like a movie in with a gesture of my hands and do the HANDS UP IN THE AIR- gesture "Tony" does in the movie and enlargen it to say...how about a 10000" screen?

Anyone who have played a video game, on PC knows this. Although there are sometimes limitations like the "Skybox" on which the sky is painted on, or an invisible wall, but a player is rarely able to go that far up unless they use a cheat code of some kind.

If you have tried 3DS Max or any similar 3D modeling and animation software, you will recognize the empty endless space in which where you create your figures and effects. A 3DS MAX Software in a AR environment like in the Iron Man movie, would just be a dream come true. I think that will be my goal. To experience the highest level of immersion in an artificial three-dimensional world.

Towards the end of the first video(Part 1) where he asks the computer(with voice commands("Siri" anyone?) to render the periodic table. Imagine a classroom, where the teacher renders a periodic table and the students can walk up and pick the right value for gold. Or the students work together to find out what kind of things that have the characteristics of the materials on the periodic table. And see three dimensional objects portraying it. Or a scenario where Medical students can zoom in and learn about all parts of the body in 3D and run animations on how it works and what consequences injuries can do.

Once we go there, the possibilities are above and beyond endless. Just look at what "Tony" is doing in the thing. He has a trashbin just like we have on our desktop, but it's virtual and he can physicly pick parts away from his creation and throw it in it.

And he uses it for many things. Which means many different programs. My dream scenario would be that people would be able to create apps for the 3D Augmented Reality glasses, much like apps on iphone/ipad/tablets. It would be the pinnacle of innovation. Much like this, without the touchscreen:

(I wanted to add a clip of big 3D touchscreens that surgeons used for CT scans, but I can't find it)

My super scenario would be that Augmented Reality glasses would replace all sources of media(The computer, TV, Music, Communication, Internet) because it would all be available. It would be a computer, but since it would replace the need for a monitor, television set, flatscreens and telephones/perhaps even dust-collecting furniture(except for chairs and tables of course) and art, then it would become less wasteful. All the electronics that are thrown away are dumped in a way that is very bad for the environment(if you care about such a thing).

"The Digital Dump" Trailer

Documentary on the current electronics waste situation in the world

Of course that means trouble. Trouble for all the companies specifically focusing on television, monitors, cellphones, tablets because the need for their technology would eventually be like a black&white television today. It would be like using a horse for tranportation when you have a car. Using a blimp to fly. The technology would be "ancient" and primitive compared to the new "all in one."

So either those technologies are going to have to join the bandwagon or design competing technology. Or the giants of today's tech industry will diminish into small "early 21st century" novelty shops in the future. *Cough*BACKTOTHEFUTURE2*Cough

"You mean you have to use your hands? That's like a baby's toy"

Surprise appearance by Elijah Wood, can you spot him?

I did say in my previous post that I was going to tell more about the specifics about the technologies in such an AR device, but I will do that tomorrow instead. Hopefully this post was not a total let down.

There's more to come, in the next post I will write about that AR device and discuss the possibilities of what an AR-version of an avatar would be like. The digital representation of you etc.

And if you find the subject Augmented Reality and technological innovation interesting, then become a follower of my blog, because there's much more on that in the future.

Have a nice day, TP out.