Announcing My New eBook, “Augmented Legality 1.0″

If you were at the Augmented Reality Event 2012 in Santa Clara last week, you got a chance to take away a free flash drive loaded with (among other things) my new ebook, “Augmented Legality 1.0.”  This 57-page book collects the highlights of my Augmented Legality® blog posts from the past year, and presents them[...]

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The Augmented Reality Event 2012: Day Two

The third annual ARE2012 conference is now winding up. It’s been another great day for learning and getting motivated about the augmented reality industry. Today I got the chance to give a solo presentation on “AR Law: What’s Around the Corner?”  In 15 minutes, I summarized just a few of the many legal potholes that[...]

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The Augmented Reality Event 2012: Day One

Day One of ARE2012 in Santa Clara is now complete.   It’s been a full day.  My personal highlight was participating in the panel discussion ““Augmented Reality & Its Challenges in the Civil & Criminal Justice System” with best-selling author Daniel Suarez, cybercrime investigator Captain Joseph Rampolla, Cybercop Portal founder Kevin Manson, Daqri CEO Brian[...]

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Augmented Reality Eyewear & the Problem of Porn

Regardless of your moral outlook, porn is a serious and growing sociological ill.  It may not be the same type of problem as crystal meth, child predators, or terrorism.  But it is a problem–and one that will get an order of magnitude worse when AR eyewear hits the market. How Internet Porn Affects Society Today[...]

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Join the New “Augmented Legality” Group on LinkedIn!

LinkedIn groups are one of the most effective means available for bringing together a diverse collection of professionals to discuss and learn about a particular topic.  Every week, I’m excited to see the conversations that spring up in several groups around a blog post that I’ve shared. Now AUGMENTED LEGALITY® has a LinkedIn group of[...]

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My Interview on the AR Dirt Podcast – Plus a Discount Code to ARE2012!

My friend Joe Rampolla is an law enforcement officer and a nationally recognized speaker on the topics of cyber crime, augmented reality, virtual worlds, cyber-terrorism, cyber-bullying and undercover Internet Relay Chat (IRC) investigations.   He’s also leading the pack with the first-ever podcast dedicated solely to augmented reality.  Joe already honored me with a  written interview[...]

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Augmented Reality, Keyword Advertising, and Trademarks

Augmented reality advertising is already upon us, and I believe that it will soon open up a new and heated round of litigation over where the lines are between fair and unfair advertising and use of competitors’ trademarks. The Confusion Over Keywords and Sponsored Ads The growth of commercial internet over the past 20 years[...]

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Will the Law Require Augmented Reality for the Disabled?

More than 50 million Americans – 18% of our population – have some form of disability. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) was adopted to ensure, among other things, that no one is “discriminated against on the basis of disability in the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages,[...]

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Does Augmenting Art Infringe Its Copyright?

As I’ve written about before, artists and entrepreneurs have already found various creative ways to interact with physical artwork through augmented reality.  The Public Art Project, for example, sponsored a campaign that allowed various artists to digitally superimpose their own messages on billboards and other commercial advertising.  A related project recognized the face of a pirate[...]

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White House and Advertisers Announce New Consumer Privacy Standards

This is shaping up to be the year when we might finally see the emergence of a comprehensive set of principles to govern privacy issues online.  (Who would’ve thought?) On February 23, 2012, the White House announced what it calls a “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights.”  President Obama calls it a “blueprint” that will help[...]

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