Jason Falter

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War Of The Tech Ecosystems

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It’s a war I tell you. From where you purchase your media content to what apps become entwined into your day to day life. Regardless of which ecosystem you are in, it has to work for you. However, the war part of the equation, comes in the form of various hive minded worshipers of only one ecosystem. God forbid you find yourself in the wrong ecosystem, in the wrong place, at the wrong time. If you do, you may find yourself subject to any number of “flame-on” insults and tirades on why your choice is wrong and how your choice is completely lacking where it comes to the hive mind choice.

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Guest Editorial: Speculating on Virtual Reality (VR)

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The year was 1992 and the most amazing tech I had ever seen burst onto the screen in the form of The Lawnmower man, which introduced Virtual Reality (VR) to the world. The idea was no longer about playing games on a screen but instead, going into the machine and being a part of a whole new digital world. A digital world connected to everything. A digital world that was coming.

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Speculating on Overlay Tech (OT)

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More and more we are bringing the machine out of the virtual world and overlaying it onto the real world. One of the more obvious examples of this is Google Glass and mapping. You can see the map before you as you drive which is much less invasive toward driving safety than looking down or over at your phone. Glass though, is only a very small step in bringing true OT (Overlay Tech) to the world at large.

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