Emerging Media

by Jeff McAvoy

1. Augmented Reality

1.1. Real Life, Enhanced

1.1.1. http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-eaton/technomix/augmented-reality-actually-arrives-android-phones-iphone-soon

1.2. Physical world interacting with virtual content

1.2.1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNu4CluFOcw&feature=player_embedded

1.3. Hold Virtual Content in your hands

1.3.1. http://ge.ecomagination.com/smartgrid/#/augmented_reality

2. Geo-Everything

2.1. Foursquare

2.2. Facebook Places

2.3. Gowalla

2.4. Google Buzz

3. Mobile

3.1. Smart phones

3.1.1. iPhone

3.1.2. Blackberry

3.1.3. Droid

3.2. iPad

3.3. iPod Touch

4. Gaming

4.1. Education Applications

5. Social Media

5.1. Foursquare

5.2. Facebook

5.3. YouTube

5.4. Twitter

5.5. LinkedIn

5.6. New node

6. Potential Pros

6.1. Increased Connectivity

6.2. Instant Access to Information

6.3. Increased mobility

6.4. Access to information

7. Potential Cons

7.1. Shorter Attention Spans

7.2. Children's inability to distinguish between reality and virtual reality

7.3. Loss of face to face interactions

7.4. Gaming addictions

8. eReaders

8.1. Kindle

8.2. Nook

8.3. iPad