It's all going to be lost

The internet is almost 20 years old

Just under 30% of the entire population of the earth is hooked into it

All those people have pumped unfathomable amounts of effort and creativity into it… information, content, ideas, tools, services, art, science… you name it, it’s online.

It’s changed our world and how we live our lives by providing a whole new reality and environment

But none of it is real and the thing that amazes and enthralls us today, will have vanished without a trace by tomorrow

Sure various types of data persist, but eventually if someone severs the connection… it’s gone.

The creativity of the past is treasured in galleries and museums, our ancestor’s innovations are resurrected from the earth and marveled at, even the mundane records of our daily lives warrant a more permanent presence… but what of all the online brilliance, creativity and ingenuity? That incredible site, that fantastic new tool, that indispensible new service or community… how can we make the day they are superseded, which they all will be, from also being the day they are lost to history?

That’s why I love this idea: http://www.storyworldwide.com/digital-archaeology/

AR visions

OK... lots of this stuff out there, but i do like these two... if a little trippy (Thanks Digital Buzz Blog)

Augmented (Hyper) Reality Demo

Ahhh so is this where augmented reality will take us in the next decade? Hopefully not, but I can see what Keiichi Matsuda was thinking when creating this amazing video, with the blend between architecture, augmented reality and consumerism combining to create a pretty hectic (or is that enhanced?) kind of life. Hmmm.

Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop from Keiichi Matsuda on Vimeo.

This would be in direct comparison to Nokia’s Augmented Hyper Reality Demo released late last year where the combination of Augmented reality will supposedly simplify and energize life.

My take; this is still a decade off before it will have the supported hardware / apps to be remotely feasible. You just never know what’s around the corner, but it probably won’t be this!?