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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Stealing a Glance: Eye Tracking, AR, & Privacy

The science of tracking eye movements to determine what draws our interest  has been around for more than a century.  Retailers, product designers, and advertisers use it to figure out how to grab consumers’ attention.  Website designers use it when deciding how to lay our content on a page. But augmented reality eyewear is likely[...]

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[INTERVIEW] BC “Heavy” Biermann: Taking Back Public Spaces With AR

I’m one of several people who write about how augmented reality will change the world some day.  BC “Heavy” Biermann is one of the few people currently helping to make that happen.  In addition to working as an assistant professor of media, BC is the founder and developer behind The Heavy Projects, the brains behind[...]

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Augmented Reality & Social Change: My Upcoming Presentation

On February 17, 2012, I will be a panelist at the Michigan State University International Law Review Symposium titled “Modern Global Revolution.“  The panel on which I’m participating will discuss “TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL MEDIA, & REVOLUTION: Modern Methods of Organizing and Implementing Change.” My portion of the discussion is entitled “Augmented Reality and Social Change.”  I’ve[...]

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5 Predictions for Augmented Reality Law in 2012

This could finally be the year that the public begins to see augmented reality as a serious, important technology.   Lance Ulanoff, the editor-in-chief at Mashable, certainly thinks so.  He listed AR as the first of “5 Tech Trends to Watch in 2012.”  “Trust me,” he wrote, “by 2013, you’ll be hard-pressed to find anyone who[...]

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Welcome “AR Dirt” to the Blogosphere

I’m happy to see that my friend and colleague Joe Rampolla has joined the blogosphere.  You can find him at ARDirt.com. Joe has been thinking and speaking about augmented reality and related technologies for years now.  He and I met shortly after I launched this blog, and discovered that we have some very similar ideas[...]

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