Fundamentals of Wearable Computers and Augmented Reality, 2nd Edition

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embedded, pervasive, reality-based, ubicomp or calm (Weiser 1991, Weiser and

Brown 1997), tangible (Ishii and Ullmer 1997), tacit (Pedersen etal. 2000), post-

WIMP (van Dam 2005), and organic (Rekimoto 2008). Natural interfaces without

mouse or keyboard (Cooperstock etal. 1997), the disappearing or invisible computer

(Streitz etal. 2007), are more convenient and intuitive than traditional devices and

enable new computing environments, including telerobotics, multimedia informa-

tion furniture, and spatially immersive displays.

Science ction is a fertile asymptote for engineers (Shedroff ...