Found this video from a presentation that I gave in 2007 at PICNIC in Amsterdam. Yes, 10 years ago! It really was one of the most fun conferences I've attended and I met some really great people there. And thanks to this video, I've reconnected to both of the companies that presented with me. Of course, one of my demos didn't work right, but that's what it's like when you're on stage talking about emerging technologies! And damn I wish my hair stayed that color and that long!
During the session we cover a number of things that back then really seemed like science fiction and today are just really getting into the main stream. The work we were doing at Brand Experience Lab and ydreams in interactive cinema was just starting and we all thought that there would be a huge opportunity for AR in the future.
Here we are 10 years later, with Facebook just announcing a huge AR effort, it seems that AR, like it's cousin VR, may well finally be on the road to mass adoption! And hopefully the three of us will hit a stage at a conference in the future and talk about some of the cool ways we've brought AR and VR to our clients.