Welcome to the New World

We live in very exciting times. Technology is changing at a pace so rapid that it is becoming near impossible to keep up with these new frontiers as they arrive; they seem to arrive on a daily basis now. Moore's Law continues to stand, meaning that technology is getting smaller and more powerful at a constant rate. As I said, very exciting.

One of these new emerging technologies that finally is reaching a place more material than science fiction stories is Augmented or Mixed Reality. Imagine a world where our communication and entertainment devices are worn, and the digital tools we use, as well as the games we play, are holographic projections in the world around us. These holograms know how to interact with our ...

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