Augmented Reality's "Sermon on the Flatlands"

Science Fiction guru Bruce Sterling delivered a powerful speech in Amsterdam this week about the future of Augmented Reality. It is equal parts cautionary tale and celebratory moment. Bruce is an excellent speaker and storyteller. And this speech is no exception.

We found it particularly poignant as we've been chronicling the evolution of our own Augmented Reality community and cultural project, 1,000 Inches in Loveland.

After you finish watching that you should read Tish Shute's excellent post "Everything Everywhere: Thomas Wrobel’s Proposal for an Open Augmented Reality Network." Tish has been on the Augmented Reality moment for a while now. Her archives are worth a good scour.

Still want more? See Ori Inbar's "Augmented Reality Reading List for the Weekend." Ori is interviewed by Tish Shute recently in this recent piece, "Augmented Reality’s Growth is Exponential: Ogmento – “Reality Reinvented,” talking with Ori Inbar."

[Video: Bruce Sterling's Keynote - At the Dawn of the Augmented Reality Industry from Maarten Lens-FitzGerald on Vimeo.]