Suppose my car had a GPS device that knew its current location and a wireless packet data system. Then it could download location-specific audio programming – such as an audio tour guide.
Predictor: Agre, Phil
Prediction, in context:In his July 1994 isse of The Network Observer online newsletter, editor Phil Agre writes about an idea he has for the future of the wireless Internet: ”Suppose my car had a GPS device that knew its current location and a wireless packet data system. Then it could download location-specific audio programming – such as an audio tour guide. Depending on the resolution of the location system (which could be augmented by roadside RF boxes), the tour guide could give a running narration of the scenary as I drove along. Would anyone want this? It’s not far different from the tape-recorded tours available in art galleries – the ones where your rent a tape player and headphones, pacing the tour as you walk along by turning the tape player on and off.”
Biography:Phillip E. Agre was an associate professor of information studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, and has been the author of research studies on the Internet. He edited The Network Observer, an online newsletter on Internet issues. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: July 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Wireless Technologies
Name of publication: The Network Observer
Title, headline, chapter name: Augmented Reality and Augmented Fantasy
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://dlis.geis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/tno/july-1994.html#augmented
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