SuperSight: What Augmented Reality Means for Our Lives, Our Work, and the Way We Imagine the Future

by David Rose Narrated by Simon Mattacks

Overview

For thousands of years, human vision has been largely unchanged by evolution.

We're about to get a software update.

Today, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Snap, Samsung, and a host of startups are racing to radically change the way we see. The building blocks are already falling into place: cloud computing and 5G networks, AI computer vision algorithms, smart glasses and VR headsets, and mixed reality games like Pokémon GO. But what's coming next is a fundamental shift in how we experience the world and interact with each other.

Over the next decade, what we see and how we see it will no longer be bound by biology. Instead, our everyday vision will be augmented with digital information to give us what spatial computing pioneer David Rose calls “SuperSight.” And as our view of the world becomes blended layers of information delivered via glasses, contact lenses, or projected light, it will fundamentally change learning, shopping, work, play, and much, much more.

David provides an insider's guide to the way our lives are about to change, while also unpacking the downsides of this coming world-what he calls the hazards of SuperSight, from equity and access issues to bubble filter problems-and proposing rational, actionable ways around them.

From AI mirrors that advise us on our outfits, to museums that let us talk with deceased explorers and artists, to the ways we envision sustainable cities, the scope of augmented vision is boundless. SuperSight offers a rich speculative preview of the future and its implications, both shocking and thrilling.

Editorial Reviews

Library Journal

10/15/2021

Rose (CEO of Vitality, MIT MediaLab researcher) describes how he thinks a combination of augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (what he calls SuperSight) will likely develop new products and services that will markedly affect humanity's future. Augmented reality is not virtual reality. For example, an AR technology, through cameras in the home, may be able to learn, over time, the normal physical state of the residents and be able to notice deviations (e.g., walking more stiffly) that may indicate a potential health problem that should be looked into. As such, AR has potential to affect our working, shopping, socializing, health care, leisure activities, and many other aspects of life. Rose thinks it inevitable and is excited by the possibilities. He is not oblivious to potential dangers, however. The book discusses the roles AR may play in the future and thus provides much food for thought. VERDICT This will appeal to entrepreneurs looking for ways to use technology to create innovative and practical business ventures.—Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Lib., George Washington Univ., Washington, DC

Product Details

BN ID:	2940176582727
Publisher:	Brilliance Audio
Publication date:	11/09/2021
Edition description:	Unabridged

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