29. Public Policy
• Privacy for Public Conversations
• Data Portability Mandates
• AR-Free Zones
• Net Neutrality for AR era
• AR Carterphone
30. Walk and Talk:
Augmenting Conversation
Phil Wolff
@evanwolf
pwolff@dijest.com
SkypeJournal.com
+1-510-444-8234
Editor's Notes
Let's meet a friend and walk down the street, our conversation charged with augmented reality.
Gatekeeper bots help you screen, find, schedule, negotiate people to visit. Overlay: Tungle suggesting times with Amy
recognizes their faces at a distance, tells you to turn around to greet them, and makes them glow as they approach.
Photo: On the street.
Overlay: “Amy’s here” alert, with direction arrow
Photo: turning on the street
Overlay: see “Amy” glowing
scores the other person's wardrobe and accessories. Foto: Amy drinking coffee.
Overlay: “Gucci knockoff”, “UC Berkeley Store: $34.95”, “Amazon Wishlist: Pearl Earrings, learn more”
shows a hovering frame with their latest credit score, criminal background check, and public updates. Photo: Bill at café table.
Overlay: “Experian:” 4 of 5 stars
dampens your heads-up social peripheral vision so you can pay attention to each other. Photo: Amy and Bill start talking with each other
Overlay: seesmic twitter stream, rich and fully populated
Photo: Amy and Bill talking more
Overlay: Seesmic stream minimized
reminds you of who your closest mutual friends are with a two-second montage of faces. Photo: Amy talking,
Overlay: “you both know” over a frame showing faces and names
Interpreter bots overlay live subtitles in your first language. Photo: Ordering from a waiter/waitress
Overlay: English/French
listens in as you talk, whispering private tips and reminders in your ear.
Photo: Bill talking, wearing Nuance earbud
Overlay: Speech bubble “Amy’s mother’s name is Gail”
adds a third participant's avatar as we walk and talk down the street. Photo: Amy and Bill walking
Overlay: Charley’s avatar walking with them
tells us we have three more minutes on this topic. Photo: Amy, Bill looking at Zoho alert
Overlay: Alert “3 minutes left on ‘Pick a movie’
I see my RSAbot flash a caution halo over your head when it thinks your voice, facial expressions, and body language show deceit or that you are very likely to become violent.
Photo: Bill earnestly talking to Amy
Overlay:
suggests a nearby lunch place we might like and books a table for us, including a chair for the avatar and a blank wall for projections.
Photo: Amy and Bill talking about food while walking
Overlay: Yelp showing ratings over doorways
Photo: Amy and Bill sitting at table in a café at the wall
Overlay: Avatar sitting with them, American Idol showing on the wall
places poster ads on blank walls as wewalk by, some optimized by our mutual Buzz history, others unique to each participant. Three versions of the same photo of Amy and Bill sitting
No ad, blank wall
“Chelsea Clinton for Senate 2016”
“Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge – Happy Hour Tonight”
has been creating a composite video streamfrom our respective Logitech PoVcams, (annotated with links from Zemanta…)
Ustream web page with POV photo from lunch, chat room with people commenting
links to related conversations you might like. Closeup of Ustream.ar page showing
Zemanta’s logo
“Conversations you might like”
Recommendations
“Carol and David – same spot, same day, last year”
“Ed and Faith – similar topic (live)”
“Gary, Harry, Ike – same café (live)”
reminds us there’s a flashshmooze in fiveminutes
Photo: Sitting and talking
Overlay: “Meetup: eComm Flashschmooze at 21st Ammendment in 5 minutes”
helps us recap our action items and commitments for our next meeting
Photo: Two of us in a café with a whiteboard on the wall
Overlay: On the whiteboard, in marker handwriting script, “Agenda: 1. Review goals for campaign” green checkmark, “2. Daily metrics?” green checkmark, “3.
Interpersonal interaction started in the real world and the software community started by modeling behavior they observed in real life.
The first generation of AR for conversation will reverse the flow, bringing the benefits of newly defined online social experiences to face-to-face real life encounters.
Let's meet a friend and walk down the street, our conversation charged with augmented reality.