Category: Human-Machine Interaction

We’ve all had the unfortunate restaurant experience of aimlessly poring over the menu for 15 minutes and nothing stands out. We go so far as reading the ingredients, praying that our taste buds will speak up. It’s a painful feeling. Conversely, we’ve all been to a restaurant where the menu speaks to us and within… Continue reading Why AR menus are the future of restaurant experiences

The Internet has evolved to the point where we can share and communicate almost anything we want across space and time. We find love through apps. We trust our digital neighbors to give us the best suggestions for food and housing. We place our most precious photographic memories in the hands of digital giants to… Continue reading How does the Internet evolve into the Metaverse?

You are likely to put on AR glasses at work long before you put them on at home. Kevin Kelly, Wired It’s a little bit heartbreaking, especially as a technophile, knowing that Augmented Reality is going to satisfy enterprise/commercial needs long before it enters the consumer market. But Kevin Kelly’s statement is right on point.… Continue reading Google Glass is back and bringing AR to your workplace

The goal of any new technology is to remove friction from people’s lives. This is especially the rallying cry of smart speakers, voices assistants, and the tens of thousands of voice skills they possess. The Amazon Echo and Google Home lineups exist to make our lives easier. So how is it that a fictional character… Continue reading The Voice App Theory – What makes a voice app impressive?

We’re less than 48 hours from our Digital Hangout on the State of Digital Privacy. If you haven’t RSVP’ed yet, please click here to reserve your seat because we’re going live on Wednesday, May 8th at 6 pm CST, and as always it’ll be a conversation you don’t want to miss out on. Having said… Continue reading Six Resources That’ll Instantly Improve Your Digital Security

When it comes to digital security, it’s tempting to say “I’m secure today, nothing bad has happened yet, and therefore I’m good for life”. However, this is like taking a shower and saying you’ll be clean for eternity. Maintaining your digital security is an ongoing battle and therefore needs to become habitual. And for most… Continue reading Apple and Facebook want to popularize Digital Security. But are they what we need?

Corporations are just as vulnerable to the complexity of trust as people are. Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon all must broker trust through their services, their public figures, and the things they create. As I said last week: A good relationship is built on trust. I don’t have to remind you of all the trust… Continue reading Are we too trustworthy of Google and Amazon’s smart speakers?

The company that everyone loves to hate (Facebook), held their annual F8 developer conference today to present some ideas that would hopefully turn a new leaf for them and recreate their image as a “privacy-focused social platform”. They presented the following major changes to their core product, which won’t take effect immediately but will supposedly… Continue reading Facebook is Becoming a Privacy Company. But, How Will They Make Money?

It’s very sad to me that handwritten correspondence has become an abandoned craft. Not because of the beauty in (some people’s) handwriting. Or the emotional release you get after receiving an unexpected letter. Rather, because of its privacy. We trust USPS, UPS, and FedEx to not open and read our mail because if they did,… Continue reading FedEx and USPS don’t read our mail. So why do we let Google and Facebook?