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