Picture by Michael Martine, 2016

Celebrating the 250th episode of Games At Work, Michael and Michael focus this week on several stories about augmented vision.  The rumored Apple Glasses resurface, and speaking of surfaces, a new kickstarter for holographic tabletop gaming takes center stage, reminding Michael and Michael about some earlier conversations on other virtual tabletop concepts.  Michael R discusses his passions for flying robots, and the amazing camera shots that can be done with the Mavic Mini, a 249g drone that can go just about anywhere you do.  

And this episode doesn’t stop with bots that fly.  MIT’s self-assembling and swarming cubes capture the interest of the co-hosts, and recall the novel from Daniel Suarez about swarming technology, as well as episode 150.  Rounding out this episode is a must-see example of a science fair prototype that 14-year-old Alaina Gassler built to solve the problem of the A-pillar blind spot in automobiles.  Her creativity is astounding, and it is easy to see how this will be a great way to augment drivers’ vision in the very near future!

Happy viewing (and listening!)

Selected Links

I Can See Clearly Now 

Seeking Alpha article: Apple Pay overtakes PayPal – Appleinsider — https://seekingalpha.com/news/3513168-apple-pay-overtakes-paypal-appleinsider 

iMore article: Yelp updates Apple Watch app with compass support for Apple Watch Series 5 — https://www.imore.com/yelp-updates-apple-watch-app-compass-support-apple-watch-series-5 

tom’s guide article: Apple Glasses Details Just Revealed by Bloomberg — https://www.tomsguide.com/news/apple-glasses-details-just-revealed-by-bloomberg 

Bloomberg Businessweek article: Apple’s Smart Glasses Could Make 2020 the Year of AR — https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-21/why-2020-is-looking-great-for-apple-products-and-consumer-gadgets 

The Verge article: Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion — https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/1/20943318/google-fitbit-acquisition-fitness-tracker-announcement 

Kickstarter: Tilt Five: Holographic Tabletop Gaming — https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tiltfive/holographic-tabletop-gaming 

VR Scout article: Geek & Sundry Debuts Weekly VR180 Board Game Series — https://vrscout.com/news/geek-sundry-vr180-board-game-series/# 

gamesatwork.biz episode 199 — Augmented GDPR Reality — https://gamesatwork.biz/2018/05/28/episode-199-augmented-gdpr-reality/ 

DJI Mavic Mini — https://www.dji.com/mavic-mini?from=store-product-page 

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