On Monday September 16, 2013 at the Santa Clara IHOP, the STC Silicon Valley Chapter hosted Marta Rauch’s presentation “Google Glass and Augmented Reality.” Rauch is a senior principal information developer at Oracle leading agile projects for mobile and cloud content. She is Google Glass Explorer thinks it is an extension of the trends in augmented reality (AR). AR is the single most important change in technical communication this century. It allows images and video to overlay and add relevant information to anything you are looking at.
Anything you can do on your phone you are able to do with Google Glass. The advantages of hands-free wireless device is obvious to athletes, surgeons, technicians, mechanics and the disabled will become apparent to the rest of us over time. Navigating cyberspace and real space at the same time will seem normal.
There are also disadvantages at the moment. Battery life and network availability problems plague every wireless device. The Google Glass does not easily accommodate real glasses or those who are left handed. There are unresolved privacy issues for individuals and employers. In the end we will all have to get used to the idea of a phones on our faces.
Richard Mateosian announced the start of the Touchstone Competition. The deadline is October 15, 2013. I encourage volunteering as a judge to see some of the best examples of technical communication in the world.
Please join us on Monday, October 21 at 6:00 pm for our October meeting with Tom Johnson on the topic “Why Users Can’t Find Answers to Their Questions in Help Content.” It will be held at: Harry’s Hofbrau, 1909 El Camino Real in Redwood City CA 94063 (650) 366-3733.
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