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Don't Like Your Reality? Augment It!

Dream Glass Augmented Reality Glasses. It seems that my new AR Glasses will be delivered by Thanksgiving. When I get tired of reality (always, in 2020) , I have been retreating into a Virtual Reality (VR) world with the Oculus Quest 2. AR shows as much promise for escape; albeit, in a different way. Think of a 200 inch 3D screen suspended in the air in front of your face. You are still connected to the real world; but, images, and sounds and fantastic objects can appear and be manipulated in front of you. Dream Glass will connect to a computer, a game system and a smartphone, and I can't wait to try it out. How do you escape reality? 

Virtual Libraries Are The Future Of Books

Library Virtual Reality Program. Just as the Internet caused legal research on CDs to have a short life, so also will law libraries make a transition for books on paper, to CDs, to the Internet, to Virtual Reality. Even now, libraries all over the world are investing in the educational benefits that virtual reality can bring. As VR headsets get smaller and lighter, the time will come when you will have access to all the world's books just by putting a pair of VR glasses on. Imagine wandering through a virtual world of books, and being able, at any time, to stop and speak with a virtual librarian equipped to call forward anything from the human knowledge bank. Call it the democratization of knowledge. We will no longer be limited by our physical disabilites. Our world is becoming less limited by our physical limitations, as we create technology that our brains can navigate; albeit, for the time being, using headsets, and ear buds, and glasses to enhance human senses. It really is a brave new world.

Augmented Reality For Your Ears - Bose Frames

AR Audio Apps For Bose Frames Smartlasses. When I encouraged the use of Smartwatches a few years ago, many laughed. They were a fad and wouldn't ever develop long term. Now, when I talk about Bose Frames Smartglasses, I am hearing the same thing. I like my headphones, or I like my earbuds, or I wouldn't wear them all the time. Like Smartwatches, I have to defend their functionality. Wearable computing is here. Get over it. My Smartwatch can now text, email, receive and make phone calls, do the weather, notify me if someone is at my home or office, measure my heart rate, blood pressure, and EKG, play music, play games, and a host of other functions. Like Smartwatches, I predict that other wearables will continue to evolve. Now, Bose Frames can provide audio augmentation to many experiences. So, pay hundreds and thousands of dollars for headphone, earbuds, earphones, and other wireless audio connections to you Smartphone if you wish. For $199, plus another $150 if you have prescription lenses, you can experience all the audio world has to offer, and never again put something on your head or in your ear, other than the glasses you wear every day. I am getting older; but, convincing naysayers about transformative tech is getting old. First, it was the people who didn't believe that email and the Internet would revolutionize law practice. Then, it was those who thought mobile computing was impossible for road warriors. Then, it was those who laughed at Smartwatches and the early wearables. Are you willing to wager on the adoption of glasses that double as wearable computer based augmentation? Computers augment human function. Bringing those benefits to the source, be it sight, or hearing, or touch, is a no brainer. Get with the program, or get swallowed by it.

DreamGlass 4K Scheduled To Deliver In September.

DreamGlass 4K AR Headset. This is the headset I expect to receive in September. As this writer suggests, it is a better bet than most crowdfunded projects, since the company has already delivered a 2.5K version 2 years ago. Hey, everything is a risk in life, right? Here is a YouTube video showing the new version.

Geek Alert! FutureLawyer Takes Another Flyer.

As you know, I am fascinated by new tech, and Augmented Reality fits the bill. I swore off online projects after I lost thousands on cars that never got built, and portable screens that never got delivered. However, this time I was convinced to invest in an AR headset that is an upgrade from one that was actually built and delivered. DreamGlass actually built a product, the 2.5 K AR headset that is shown in the Twit video below. Now, the company has just finished a new project to build a 4K version which will have a resolution equivalent to your TV. It is powered by your Android smartphone and a battery pack, and is a new take on augmented reality. For full on immersive virtual reality, I have the Oculus Quest; but, putting a computer screen over your real world looks fascinating. I always imagine the possibilities in law applications and medical applications, as well as industrial uses. But, this one I will be using for pure entertainment. Imagine carrying a big screen TV around with you.

I Was Out...And They Dragged Me Back In

Dream Glass 4K - Phone Screen Of The Future. My name is Rick, and I am an addict. I have wasted thousands of dollars on gadgets promised on Indiegogo. $1,000 on a car that was never made. Hundreds of dollars on portable computer screens. There is an Albert Einstein action figure on my desk at work that is supposed to answer questions in his voice (or a close simulation), but it has never worked properly. It is fun to look at though. It would appear that I am relapsing, however, after my promise never to put money down an Indiegogo hole again. This time, the promise is a 4K virtual 200 inch screen tethered to a phone or gaming device. My only defense is that Dream Glass did put out a lower resolution version in 2018 and the product actually worked. Will I be using a 4K version for Xmas this year? Stay tuned. Watch Rick's addiction progress. Watch Rick's wallet get thinner. 

Augmented Audio -AR Is For The Ears

Augmented Audio. When I got the Bose Alto glasses, I was blown away by the quality of the Bose engineered sound. I can't stop giving the glasses to people I meet so they can hear the wondrous quality of the sound through their glasses without any earphone plugs, and without the person next to them hearing a thing. But, Bose is always one step ahead, and they keep adding AR apps to the Bose Connect collection. These apps take advantage of enhanced sensory input that adds new layers to the sound we hear. The new StarWars inspired app makes the movie scenes in the Rise of Skywalker explode inside your head. In the future, location aware GPS and mobile networks will bring amazing sound to you depending on where you are. A Bluetooth future in which we get ads when we pass billboards or stores in the mall, will be accompanied by incredible sound experiences everywhere we go. Wearing the Bose glasses, running Bose Connect, and travel and museums and the world will come alive with enhanced sound. The lawyer in me sees a future in which every person in the courtroom will be wearing audio enhanced glasses, and the sounds of the trial or the evidence will be piped to them via bluetooth. The best part of this is that our reality won't change; it will be enhanced. Welcome to the future.

What If You Could Make A Call With Your Brain?

Brain-computer interfaces are developing faster than the policy debate around them - The Verge. Learn a new phrase: "Brain Click". As computer brain interfaces advance, there is a new meaning to Augmented Reality. When the human brain can cycle through options on a computer screen, and the user can "brain click" the option, all sorts of possibilities open up. Studies that measure brain activity while the user is thinking about a particular object are rapidly advancing. We won't live to see it; but, the marriage of brain and technology will come. Click, click. Call mom.

Elon Musk And Neuralink Intent On Brain Computer Interface

Elon Musk%u2019s Neuralink looks to begin outfitting human brains with faster input and output starting next year | TechCrunch. Forget about computer chips connecting to eyes or other human senses. Neuralink, Elon Musk's new company is intent on implanting tiny "threads" in the human brain to act as conduits for computer operations to cure brain disorders, and to augment data flow while retaining freedom of movement. The medical implications are the first priority; and, while commercial uses are far away, it is clear that Musk is beginning an inevitable march to a world in which computer technology augments the human experience. Now, if they can hurry up and get a practical law library interface before I can't practice law any more?

Augmented Reality Will Come To Your Car First

Augmented reality is coming to your car - Roadshow. Overlaying digital information on our perceived reality is a way to bring the power of computing to our lives in a userful way. Heads up displays on car windshields will likely be the proving ground for AR apps, and I can't wait. Of course, Smartglasses that project computer data onto our glasses have been around; but, aren't mainstream. If virtual reality takes us completely out of the real world and into a virtual world, augmented reality keeps us in the here and now. I foresee apps that project legal information on to the glasses of lawyers in court. What if you could bring up documents and case law with your voice, and see it before projecting it to a screen or monitor? Computers will provide their magic to all sorts of appliances in the future, and will enrich and enhance the human experience. I hope I live long enough to see it.