Augmented reality (AR), nurtured in academia for years, has finally become commercially viable, enabled by the power / bandwidth curve of mobile computing platforms. Meanwhile, input and display hardware has reached sufficient maturity to enable devices reasonable to use and carry.
Our speaker Clark Dodsworth, whose work on personalized, networked, mobile, location-aware systems began in 1990, predicts the result will alter the social, business, and personal fabric of our daily lives, and generate revenue streams for new and existing products, as well as whole industries that are not yet obvious.
Augmented reality, which could be said to have started with heads-up displays for aircraft pilots, has been illustrated in first-person shooter games and movies like Predator and Iron Man. But humans have been devising such augmentation for a very long time. Like the tell-tales on a sailboat that make visible the direction of the wind, the innovations of augmented reality will meld seamlessly into the devices we use every day. The first widespread users of AR won’t be wearing headgear, they’ll be using smartphones.
On January 27th, Dodsworth will deliver a survey of the state of the art and lead a tour through the current work, vendors, and future directions in augmented reality, plus its overlap with ubiquitous computing, location-based services, machine vision, situational analysis, personalization, context awareness, privacy, and entertainment.
The meeting will be held at San Rafael Corporate Center, 750 Lindaro Street San Rafael
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Speaker Bio:
CLARK DODSWORTH
www.linkedin.com/in/clarkdodsworth
Clark Dodsworth does product strategy, management, development, & design for digital devices and online applications. Strategy and market development in mobile, sensor net, GPS/GIS/LBS and augmented reality apps, including technology assessment & intellectual property strategy.
With over 17 years experience with clients that include Apple, Philips Electronics, Fujitsu, Evans & Sutherland, Gensler, Compaq, SimEx-Iwerks, Chimera LLC, Gyroscope and startups, Dodsworth works with senior mangement, strategic partners, marketing, creative and engineering to solve innovative problems.
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Transformation of IP to products, based on User-Centered Design (both industrial design and interfaces).
- Due diligence; strategic patent analysis for interfaces, sensor apps, GPS/LBS, & consumer electronics.
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Creative direction, concept development, managing creative teams.
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Management consulting: augmented reality, social networking apps, collaborative tools, online worlds.
* Editorial Board at ETC Press, Pittsburgh
* Advisory Board at Simiosys
* Owner at Osage Associates Consulting
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Date:
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
San Rafael Corporate Center
Tamalpais Room
750 Lindaro
San Rafael, CA 94901
parking & directions (PDF)
Agenda:
6:30 p.m.-7:15 p.m. Registration and Networking
7:15 p.m - 8:15 p.m Presentation
8:15 p.m -8:45 p.m Audience Q&A
Food and beverages will be served.
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