2/28/2024 0 Comments Charlie fink vrHuge demand for Unity developers right now. What advice would you give to aspiring programmers out there who are considering a leap into AR? Who is the best person to talk about this topic? I am grateful that just about everyone I asked said yes. I created an outline and figured out the best way to get it done. How did you go about choosing the authors within your book? At the moment, I’m taken with the idea that the humble earbud may be AR’s first and most profound interface with the brain. I’m not convinced the ultimate form factor will be headmounted displays. I’m very excited about the idea of augmentation which will be a combination of technologies. At a personal level, what excites you most about AR? What’s something you look forward to using AR for in your own life one day? Think of it as the HTML of visual computing. Kevin Kelly’s March Wired cover story re-introduced the word “Mirrorworlds” which as been called a number of things over the past few years but its very essence is this idea of a world mesh. From your various interviews and encounters in the industry, has anyone in particular had a more detailed and well thought out concept of the “Mirrorworld”/”Magicverse” than the rest? Or stood out for another reason? When this invisible mesh is anchored to real objects, it makes the physical world clickable through your smartphone camera. It’s the digital twin of the physical world. How would you explain the concept of the “Mirrorworld”/”Magicverse”? I did this work so you don’t have to, highlighting the weeks best in my Friday Forbes column, “This Week in XR”. How do you keep up with the rapid changes in emerging tech such as AR? Any advice for those trying to keep up with the industry? I really appreciated how well you point out the “lightning in a bottle” nature of writing a book about emerging tech that is changing rapidly. The cover of “Convergence, How The World Will Be Painted With Data” 1. The book itself is even AR-enabled with fancy AR extras you can experience on your smartphone like this one on the cover itself: If you are at all interested in getting a full run down on AR - hurry over and get yourself a copy of this book! It is available on paperback and digitally at and on paperback at Amazon. Charlie and his fellow authors who contributed to the book really do cover the spectrum of where things are now and where they are headed. Charlie Fink and his new book ConvergenceĬharlie’s book, “Convergence, How The World Will Be Painted With Data” is a book that I’m quite happy to see in existence! Charlie and an assortment of other contributors from the AR industry discuss everything from the basics of “What is AR?”, through to AR and sound, to the secrets of Magic Leap… all the way to my favourite topic - the “AR Cloud” (I’ve got a personal strong interest in that last one!).Ĭharlie’s book is a thorough snapshot of the augmented reality industry right now.
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