Seen this?
The big thing in the ongoing communications revolution for the near future will be related to mobile technology or the cloud or both. Everybody is trying to figure out what the next big thin will be, and some believe it might be the wearable computer Google is working on, the "Google Goggle" that would let you see a computer screen in the air in front of you.
One criticism of Google's demo video of Project Glass is that it paints a picture of a guy lost in his own digital cocoon. But Starner argues that a heads-up display will actually tether you more firmly to real-life social interactions. He says the video's augmented-reality visualizations—images that are tied to real-world sights, like direction bubbles that pop up on the sidewalk, showing you how to get to your friend's house—are all meant to be relevant to what you're doing at any given point and thus won't seem like distracting interruptions.
I think holograms will be in there somewhere, too. That technology is further along than most people realize. Say, if you combine holograms with wearable computers . . .
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You think driving (or walking) and texting causes problems, that may become the good old days.