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Since we dabbled with augmented reality today in class, I thought Educause's statement regarding the 7 things you should know would be an appropriate summary of where this technology may be going. I find their "7 Things" briefs great ways to get an overview of what is up and coming in technology. See PDF link at bottom of page to view the resource.

One of the few uses of advanced technologies in the history curriculum

As delivery of history teaching to students becomes more and more realistic, it is more important than ever to ensure that we have in place a robust and diverse oversight network to ensure that the narrative being suggested is an accurate representation of the time and place, as opposed to a history-as-written-by-the-winners narrative, which is pervasive throughout many textbooks. For many students, this sort of immersion will overwhelm any alternative streams of knowledge coming from Harlem in the 20s, so it is vital that the VR be constructed in a way that captures the context of why it was such a dynamic time in New York. As for the creators of this technology having to turn to the porn industry for technical support, that should not come as a surprise, as many claim that porn has revolutionized, or at least been instrumental in, the emergence of many new industries from VHS to the internet.

Description and video of Google's new 'Ingress' game, which is a pretty wild (and maybe a little frightening) glimpse into the potential directions of AR, ubiquitous computing, and gaming

The creator of some innovative alternate reality games explains how we need to make the real world more like a game

Describes a few small scale AR games, which are gaining in popularity

Example of AR in biology. Expected ban on animal dissection in India seems to encourage further AR adoption in classroom. I wonder if there are any other external factors that could put AR as ''must consider as an alternative soon'' rather than as ''nice to have in the future''. 

Thank you Graham North. This is essentially the basis of my interest at the moment. Again, check out Jane McGonigal's work as well as Daphne Bavelier.

Cool alternate reality game that aims to get students involved in solving global problems.

This is a really cool online community where students (or participants) get weekly real-world challenges and then use entrepreneurial thinking/skills to solve the problem in their community and then post "evidence" of solving the problem on the website. Students rack up points for solving different real world problems, which can---if they get enough points---get them access to internships with high-level social entrepreneurs and possibly even seed money for a project.