1. Augmented
Reality
The Future is Already Here
Drew Davidson

2. a little about me

3. Once Upon a Time
› Virtual Reality
› Immerse in a World
› Not so much

4. Augmented Reality
› Computer-Generated Info
› Visuals, Sounds, GPS Coordinates, Textual
Data, etc
› Layered on a View of Physical World

5. Looking Back
› Directions
› Finding Media
› Interface

6. Directions
› Critical Thinking Skill
› Relative
› Spatial
› Cardinal

7. Relative Directions
› Around a Person
› Right, Left
› Forward, Backward
› Up, Down

8. Spatial Directions
› Landmarks
› Distance
› Time

9. Cardinal Directions
› Geographic
› World
› North, South, East, West
› Ordinal Points in Between
› NW, NE, SE, SW

10. GPS + Smartphones
› Just need an address
› Phone maps your route
› Walking, Driving,
Public Transportation

11. Finding Media
› Social Thinking Skill
› Books, Music, etc
› City or College

12. Internet!
› Amazon
› Pandora
› Long Tail
› Persuasive
Profiling

13. Interface
› Metaphoric Thinking Skill
› Punch Cards
› Command Line
› Desktop

14. Gestures!

15. Will Wright – Jesse Schell
› Contextually Aware
› Pervasive Sensing

16. Fictional Universes
› Layered into our World
› Location Specific
› Active Engagement

17. One Life to Live

18. REXplorer

19. Clandestine: Anomaly

20. Augmented Reality
› Enhance Perceptions
› Integrates with Thinking Skills
› Into Our World
› All Around Us

21. Thanks!
› Questions?
› drdrew@cmu.edu