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[...]
[INTERVIEW] BC “Heavy” Biermann: Taking Back Public Spaces With AR
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 By Brian Wassom
Filed Under: Augmented Reality Tagged With: #occupy, AR Ad Takeover, BC Biermann, commercial messaging, democracy, echo chamber effect, eyewear, feature tracking, geolocation, Google Goggles, Heavy, junaio, Layar, Metaio, movie posters, political groupthink, Public Ad Campaign, public spaces, Qualcomm, social change
This Week in Augmented Reality
Friday, December 16, 2011 By Brian Wassom
Don’t follow me on Twitter? Then you’re missing out on my daily links to new and interesting developments in the world of AR. And since Twitter’s recent redesign now makes it easier than ever to embed tweets directly into blog pages, I now bring you this summary of the news that I’ve shared this week:[...]
Filed Under: Augmented Reality Tagged With: employment, Gene Becker, Islam, junaio, Metaio, Point & Know, religion, Trak Lord, twitter
Political Activism, Social Change, and Augmented Reality
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 By Brian Wassom
Superimposing digital data on the physical world is not just for the 1%. As more of our innovators, artisans, and marketers experiment with augmented reality, the tumultuous politics of our times are beginning to follow suit. Protests and Social Change This year’s Occupy movement broke new ground in various ways that will keep sociologists and[...]
Filed Under: Augmented Reality Tagged With: #occupy, activism, Daemon, Daniel Suarez, Freedom(tm), GoldRun, Green Party, junaio, Metaio, Occupy Wall Street, politics
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