virtual world within our world

i recalled something that i watched on tv awhile back, it was a programed called beyond tommorrow, it's kinda geeky i know but hey, i'm doing IT/multimedia it's my forte so it's ok.

well this youtube link pretty much wraps it up about what i'm going to talk about on monday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvuF31-t9HU

this is a project by Hit Lab, Christchruch, New Zealand, they work with virtual reailty within the real world, the term being "AUGMENTED REAILTY" putting cgi or text ontop of or in the images we see, so it looks like it's really there but it's not

it's uses can be educational... showing 3d objects in layers, navigation, labeling cites and buildings, story telling, medicine and much much more...

i believe in ways it's a form of sustainability because we can reduce the amount of eletricity of billboards and signage, reducing materials such as tangible objects like mobile phone/pda/black berry/laptops where this can be replaced by a goggle/glasses/visors.... similar idea to the anime "denno coil" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennō_Coil

so instead of upgrading little gadgets, we can make a pair of glasses that has upgradable software... via internet access