Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing

Thesis 65

The necessary standards for the representation and communication of structured data already exist.

From the perspective of someone unfamiliar with the details of contemporary information technology—which is to say most of us—one factor that might seem to stand in the way of everyware's broader diffusion is the wild heterogeneity of the systems involved. We've grown accustomed to the idea that an ATM card issued in Bangor might not always work in Bangkok, that a Bollywood film probably won't play on a DVD player bought in Burbank—so how credible is any conception of the ubiquitous present that relies on the silky-smooth interplay of ...