Embrace augmented reality eyewear even if it looks funny right now
A lot of people couldn’t imagine life without their iPhones, Blackberries or Android smartphones. Just a few years ago Blackberries were the domain of of guys in crisp suits and power ties, plucking away on a tiny keyboard that would somehow lead to the downfall of some poor schlep’s bank account.
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Now, whether it’s on the streets of New York City or down the aisle of a local Walmart, its commonplace to see someone paying more attention to the tiny screen of their phone than to to the sights and sounds around them.
There has been, finally, a lot of forward progress in the world of augmented reality, and more importantly, the futuristic hardware that will drive it. Up to this point, virtual reality has required goofy looking eye-gear to perform its duties. Usually the viewer would be given an image made from small LCD screens that would “project” an image of 45-90 inches in front of them. Nothing behind these images were visible and because of the close actual proximity of the screens a eyestrain-induced headache was sure to follow.
Few people would be caught dead wearing such a contraption. In a society where bluetooth headsets have a certain amount of douchiness associated with them (at least according to The Daily Show), a Geordi LaForge piece of eyewear would be sure to cause one’s chase from town from an angry torch-wielding mob. The thing about those bluetooth headsets though is that there weren’t really necessary. In fact, they were often more trouble than convenience. The batteries on them had to be charged, they had to be readily accessible (or permanently attached to your ear), and you had to have already figured out how to pair it with your phone – usually not an obvious task. It’s was just easier to hold the phone up to your head when the phone rang, phone radiation be damned.
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Mix forward thinking furniture design with some nerd mentality and you get some pretty cool stuff. Check out some of the furniture at WebUrbanist.com.
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WorkBay Chair Helps Keep Annoying Workmates At Bay
Not that I have cubicle-mates anymore, but back when I was in an office I would’ve loved this chair. No, I don’t want to talk to you about Perez Hilton! Leave me alone!
The Workbay Chair is designed by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Vitra, and comes with a high backrest that acts as blinders for the user. It’s hoodie-like top gives you the feeling of being cut off, acoustically and visually, from the rest of your surroundings. Awesome. No price listed.
