Ubiquitous Computing
What it means to me
(and you)
Allen Firstenberg
Software developer / Consultant
Google Developer Expert
Author: Designing and Developing for Google Glass
http://spiders.com/
http://prisoner.com/

You
Computing and Informatics
Grad students?

What is UbiComp?
"Technology that blends in and is everywhere...
...without being in your face."

Prehistory
(1994)
"If you are making someone do something new, in addition to what they were doing...
...they probably won't."
-- me
2011-2012

2012: Glass Launches

Photo Credit: Antonio Zugaleda, CC 2.0 license
2013: Glass and Community

2013-2014: Exploring


2014: Wear


2014-2017: VR

2016 - 2017: Assistant

What have we learned?
- Humans have many different types of conversations.
- Conversations are a good user interface.
- It can get frustrating.
- We still have a long way to go.
2018: Assistant + Community
= Awesome




Where do we go next?

Allen Firstenberg
allen@firstenberg.org
https://prisoner.com/ubi/
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