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Augmented Reality Storytelling: The Body and Memory Making
When designing AR experiences and AR stories, we too often forget something very important: the human body. Augmented content is not two-dimensional or flat; it unfolds in our physical space, in our personal surroundings. We’re walking around it and crouching on the floor, exploring it from different angles and heights. AR stories are about our […]
The Wonder Ops
Elounda looked quizzically at the multi-coloured monolith. It appeared as though it was composed of membranes, fairy floss, and steel wool. The architecture seemed alive, somehow. Transfixed, she watched the structure carefully. She’d been sitting there all day in Dolores Park just staring, not blinking much. Her eyes were dryer than normal. “Must have been […]
Augmented Reality: Beyond Conventional Time and Space
There’s a wonderful spirit of invention in the Augmented Reality (AR) community right now — the incredible experimentation and work being done with Apple’s ARkit is tremendously exciting. It’s truly thrilling to see AR accelerate both creatively and technically. Keep the demos coming! Working with AR for 12 years now, it’s been amazing to experience […]
The Future of AR is… Sophisticated and Beautiful
This week, Wareable invited me to contribute to their Augmented Reality (AR) week feature. Here’s my vision for the future of AR: “My prediction takes the form of my hopes and wishes for AR, and at its core what AR as an experience and a technology needs to be and do to truly advance. The future […]
Here’s Why I Wrote Augmented Human
Excerpts from Augmented Human: How Technology Is Shaping the New Reality: Why I Wrote This Book Twelve years ago, I caught my first glimpse of the power of Augmented Reality (AR) as a new communication medium. It was pure magic: a virtual 3-D cube appeared in my physical surroundings and I was awestruck. The augmented […]
Augmented Human is Now Available in Early Release
I’m thrilled to announce “Augmented Human: How Technology is Shaping the New Reality” is now available in Early Release from O’Reilly! You are about to enter a new reality. Here, the world augments itself to you, morphing to your context, preferences, and needs. Reality becomes malleable, mutable, and highly personalized; it’s all defined and driven by […]
“Augmented Human” book pre-order
Augmented Reality will forever change the way we experience the world. Are you ready? My book “Augmented Human: How Technology is Shaping the New Reality” is available for pre-order now at O’Reilly.com. Very excited to share the book with you soon and hope to see you at an upcoming event! My best, Helen
Augmenting the human experience: AR, wearable tech, and the IoT
As augmented reality technologies emerge, we must place the focus on serving human needs. Augmented reality (AR), wearable technology, and the Internet of Things (IoT) are all really about human augmentation. They are coming together to create a new reality that will forever change the way we experience the world. As these technologies emerge, we […]
The state of Augmented Reality
A look at AR today and how we need to design it for tomorrow. Unlike virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) provides a gateway to a new dimension without the need to leave our physical world behind. We still see the real world around us in AR, whereas in VR, the real world is completely […]