Comments on: Re-skinning the city – the dark side of augmented reality http://futurismic.com/2010/01/19/re-skinning-the-city-the-dark-side-of-augmented-reality/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Cheney http://futurismic.com/2010/01/19/re-skinning-the-city-the-dark-side-of-augmented-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-71443 David Cheney Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:47:50 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10227#comment-71443 AR, like any tool, will be used for good and for evil. For a couple of other really creative presentations of AR Dystopias, see http://davidcheney.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/augmented-dystopia/ AR, like any tool, will be used for good and for evil. For a couple of other really creative presentations of AR Dystopias, see http://davidcheney.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/augmented-dystopia/

]]> By: Brenden Simpson http://futurismic.com/2010/01/19/re-skinning-the-city-the-dark-side-of-augmented-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-71039 Brenden Simpson Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:28:20 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10227#comment-71039 Rich people need special VR helmets to do that? I thought it just came naturally. Rich people need special VR helmets to do that? I thought it just came naturally.

]]> By: Jonathan M http://futurismic.com/2010/01/19/re-skinning-the-city-the-dark-side-of-augmented-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-68227 Jonathan M Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:17:53 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10227#comment-68227 Back in the 90s there was a game called Syndicate. In Syndicate you played the CEO of one of several corporations battling for control of the world. The world was broken up into territories, the inhabitants of these territories lived in slums and ate rubbish but they were hooked into an AR dreamscape that convinced them they were in paradise. This was supposed to be a dystopia. Even at the time it struck me as the most natural use for augmented reality : Airbrush out the poor people and the ugly buildings. Back in the 90s there was a game called Syndicate. In Syndicate you played the CEO of one of several corporations battling for control of the world. The world was broken up into territories, the inhabitants of these territories lived in slums and ate rubbish but they were hooked into an AR dreamscape that convinced them they were in paradise.

This was supposed to be a dystopia. Even at the time it struck me as the most natural use for augmented reality : Airbrush out the poor people and the ugly buildings.

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