iPhone 2010: Bet on mixed reality apps as a standard

iPhone timeline 1999-2008 (iphonegold.org)

Future fact: Super convergence of mobile connectivity, the social web and contextual intelligence will create an eco-system of mixed reality applications.

Well, the iPhone 3G just has been released. Not the quantum leap hysteria like in the release of iPhone 1.0. But what comes to my mind is the wellknown quote of the cyberpunk author William Gibson: “The future is already here – it is just unevenly distributed.”

There is a “digg of the day” for me showing the iPhone timeline starting with Dec 15 1999 – the day when Apple registered the domain iPhone.org. Means: (i) Steve Jobs keen vision started in the last century, I never doubted that he is ahead of times, (ii) progress needs a bit of patience too. Now, what will we see on this timeline in 2010/2011? I am quite sure that augmented reality stuff is leaving the labs in the very near future. Here is a short trip into one trend vector of the future mobile device – mixed reality.

Check the nutrients of your food (Mac Funamizu 2008)

View the past history of a place (Mac Funamizu 2008)

SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR THE MIXED REALITY SCENARIO: Since Feb 2008 Mac Funamizu created a cool design study, shown on his blog in six posts up to now with a lot of images. Last one published today: Part 6: “Future of Mobile Search- Power of Visualization” – visit his works part 1-5 too! Not enough? Just two more hints – visit demos of innovators at e.g. Nokia (Demo at youtube) and e.g. Enkin from the the Android developers community.

RELEVANCE: Super convergence of IT trends will lead to the paradigm of “information transparency” in the real world. [+] New business patterns and models will emerge. [-] New challenges for protecting your privacy and security will arise.

(Mac Funamizu’s work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License)