Published by Robert Scoble
I give you a front-row seat on the future. Focusing most of my efforts now on next-generation augmented reality and artificial intelligence, AKA "mixed reality."
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WATCH MY LATEST SPEECHES:
State of VR with Philip Rosedale (done in VR itself, very cool): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zAA1EVGUZU
At GEOINT, June 2017: http://trajectorymagazine.com/glimpse-new-world/
Augmented World Expo, June 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4xHILvLD8E
At Leade.rs, April 2017: https://youtu.be/52_0JshgjXI
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BIO:
Scoble gives you a front-row seat on the future.
Literally. He had the first ride in the first Tesla. Siri was launched in his house. He's been the first to share all sorts of technologies and companies with you, from Flipboard to Pandora to Instagram.
Today he's focusing on mixed reality, AKA "next-generation augmented reality" which will include a new user interface for EVERYTHING in your life (IoT, Smart Cities, driverless cars, robots, drones, etc).
That's based on his view thanks to his past experience as futurist at Rackspace.
Best place to find Scoble? On his Facebook profile at https://www.facebook.com/RobertScoble
He has been a technology blogger since 2000, was one of five people who built Microsoft's Channel 9 video blog/community, worked at Fast Company Magazine running its TV efforts, and has been part of technology media businesses since 1993.
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SPEAKER PITCH:
Apple and Facebook now have revealed their Augmented Reality strategies, which means your business needs one too. Rely on Robert Scoble, the world's top authority on AR, to bring to your conference what businesses should do next.
SPEECH ABSTRACT #1:
TITLE: The Fourth Transformation: What's next in mixed reality (AR and AI) and the future of technology?
Here's an example of this talk at Leade.rs in Paris in April, 2017: https://youtu.be/52_0JshgjXI
Why "the Fourth Transformation?"
Soon we will have phones and glasses that do full on augmented reality. Everything you look at will potentially be augmented. This world is coming in late 2017 with a new iPhone from Apple, amongst other products. Microsoft is betting everything on its HoloLens glasses that do mixed reality and the industry is spending many billions of dollars in R&D and funding new companies like Magic Leap.
This future will be the user interface for IoT, Smart Cities, autonomous cars, robots, drones, and your TV.
This is a big deal and Robert will take you through what mixed reality is and how it will change every business.
Learn more about Robert's speaking style and contact his agent at http://odemanagement.com/robert-scoble/Robert-Scoble.html
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SPEECH ABSTRACT #2:
"The Next Two Clicks of Moore's Law."
Over the next four years, or two clicks of Moore's Law, a ton about our technology world will change. Scoble will bring you the best from his travels visiting R&D labs, startups, and innovators around the world.
He views the world through his rose-colored-mixed-reality glasses, which will be the new user interface for self driving cars, Smart Cities, IoT, and many other things in our world.
He'll send you off with some lessons for companies both large and small.
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SPEECH ABSTRACT #3:
"Personalized Meaning: What is Augmented Reality For?"
As we enter a far more technological world where even cars drive themselves, I predict we'll see a blowback toward the analog, more authentic world.
What role does augmented reality play in both worlds?
Get Scoble's insight into where augmented reality is going, see tons of real-world demos, and understand what he means by 'personalized meaning.'
CONTACT:
If you are looking to contact me, email is best: scobleizer@gmail.com.
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ENDORSEMENTS:
IZEA Top 25 Tech Influencers: https://izea.com/2017/07/07/25-top-tech-influencers/
Time: One of the top 140 Twitterers!
FT: One of the five most influential Twitterers!
Inc. Top 5 on list of Tech Power Players You Need to Know: http://www.inc.com/john-rampton/30-power-players-in-tech-you-need-to-know.html
Next Reality: #4 on top 50 AR influencer list: https://next.reality.news/news/nr50-next-realitys-50-people-watch-augmented-mixed-reality-0177454/
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Scoble I’m telling you HDTV isn’t worth it right now.
Yes I have an HDTV, yes I had an xbox 360, which btw thanks to the shortage I made a pretty penny off of, and yes I have Direct TV with all the HD channels.
You know what, I can count those channels on my fingers. And most of the stuff on said channels is crap anyway.
Is it nice the first time you look at it? Hell yes! But when you live with it… here is how your day goes
Is there anything on HBO? NO
Anything on Showtime? NO
Anything on Discovery HD? NO
Anything on those 3 bullshit HD channels which are just upconverted dvd’s? NO
thinking… thinking…
Back on the computer I go!
I would highly advise against buying one this early. I would wait until more content is out there.
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Scoble I’m telling you HDTV isn’t worth it right now.
Yes I have an HDTV, yes I had an xbox 360, which btw thanks to the shortage I made a pretty penny off of, and yes I have Direct TV with all the HD channels.
You know what, I can count those channels on my fingers. And most of the stuff on said channels is crap anyway.
Is it nice the first time you look at it? Hell yes! But when you live with it… here is how your day goes
Is there anything on HBO? NO
Anything on Showtime? NO
Anything on Discovery HD? NO
Anything on those 3 bullshit HD channels which are just upconverted dvd’s? NO
thinking… thinking…
Back on the computer I go!
I would highly advise against buying one this early. I would wait until more content is out there.
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Stefan: sorry, once you get an Xbox that argument is out the window!!!
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Stefan: sorry, once you get an Xbox that argument is out the window!!!
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i did have an xbox 360, i had pgr3, and nba 2k6. i had it less than a week, then after seeing the prices these things were going for on ebay i immediatly dumped it since it wasn’t worth that much to me.
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i did have an xbox 360, i had pgr3, and nba 2k6. i had it less than a week, then after seeing the prices these things were going for on ebay i immediatly dumped it since it wasn’t worth that much to me.
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Stefan: that’s cool. The folks here at Pirillo’s house don’t agree with you, but there are plenty of people who would be willing to take an Xbox 360 off of your hands right now.
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Stefan: that’s cool. The folks here at Pirillo’s house don’t agree with you, but there are plenty of people who would be willing to take an Xbox 360 off of your hands right now.
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I agree with Scoble on this one. I have the OLD Xbox still since I cannot get my hands on the 360 and it looks awesome on my 52″ HDTV, along with CSI xxxx, Las Vegas (you have got to watch that show on HD Robert), The Office, INHD, INHD2, concerts, Seahawks football games, etc. Yes, often there is nothing on HD and there should be more HD channels, but the HD makes some crappy shows look good so I watch them anyway.
I got rid of DirecTV to have local HD channels on Cable, eventhough a lot of the SD channels on cable really have bad reception. Maybe I’ll switch back to DirecTV once their new satellites are providing enough new channels to switch.
Really though I’m waiting for IPTV from Verizon, supposedly they start next year in Everett and work their way down. I’ll believe it when they start digging up Kenmore.
Just make sure you buy a 1080p set with HDMI connectors, probably no 1080p sets without it. No one needs 1080p yet, but might as well get ahead of the curve so you can watch blue-ray DVDs from your PS3. 🙂
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I agree with Scoble on this one. I have the OLD Xbox still since I cannot get my hands on the 360 and it looks awesome on my 52″ HDTV, along with CSI xxxx, Las Vegas (you have got to watch that show on HD Robert), The Office, INHD, INHD2, concerts, Seahawks football games, etc. Yes, often there is nothing on HD and there should be more HD channels, but the HD makes some crappy shows look good so I watch them anyway.
I got rid of DirecTV to have local HD channels on Cable, eventhough a lot of the SD channels on cable really have bad reception. Maybe I’ll switch back to DirecTV once their new satellites are providing enough new channels to switch.
Really though I’m waiting for IPTV from Verizon, supposedly they start next year in Everett and work their way down. I’ll believe it when they start digging up Kenmore.
Just make sure you buy a 1080p set with HDMI connectors, probably no 1080p sets without it. No one needs 1080p yet, but might as well get ahead of the curve so you can watch blue-ray DVDs from your PS3. 🙂
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Actually, for Scoble, I think now is an excellent time to get a HDTV. Because he mainly wants it for Xbox and some of the HD content out there, he can get a good set for a semi-reasonable price, which will cover him for 720p. If he was thinking PS3 would be the system to have, I’d say wait because 1080p TVs are still new and WAY too expensive. Of course, that begs the question of just how many PS3 games will actually be outputting 1080p, but that’s for a different discussion.
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Actually, for Scoble, I think now is an excellent time to get a HDTV. Because he mainly wants it for Xbox and some of the HD content out there, he can get a good set for a semi-reasonable price, which will cover him for 720p. If he was thinking PS3 would be the system to have, I’d say wait because 1080p TVs are still new and WAY too expensive. Of course, that begs the question of just how many PS3 games will actually be outputting 1080p, but that’s for a different discussion.
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You know the image of needing a HD TV to go with a 360, is really really bad marketing, edge-nutcase marketing at that. To really get 360 to function decently, you have to have an HD TV, a Media Center and a 360. Typical MFST, zapping the extreme edge geeks and gamers and missing the mainstream. And now is actually not a good time for HD, too early, and 1080p too expensive. If Microsoft Xbox marketing fluffballs are going to start marrying the idea of a 360 with HD, well, then take gun to head, shoot. But as Live Arcade has shown, it’s not always the graphics, it’s the gameplay.
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You know the image of needing a HD TV to go with a 360, is really really bad marketing, edge-nutcase marketing at that. To really get 360 to function decently, you have to have an HD TV, a Media Center and a 360. Typical MFST, zapping the extreme edge geeks and gamers and missing the mainstream. And now is actually not a good time for HD, too early, and 1080p too expensive. If Microsoft Xbox marketing fluffballs are going to start marrying the idea of a 360 with HD, well, then take gun to head, shoot. But as Live Arcade has shown, it’s not always the graphics, it’s the gameplay.
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Just bought a Sony 42″ LCD driven projection set (about 12″ deep). Bright colors. Nice picture quality. I had planned to spend $2699 for a CU top-rated Panasonic plasma until Best Buy (aka Worst place on the planet to shop) had their point of purchase station crash (they’re blaming a recent change to an XP-based system for many many problems this holiday season) during my transaction. This resulted in a 45 minute delay and then the one set that I had bought was snatched up by someone else. Made me so mad. My wife helped me calm down and the next day we went back for our #2 choice – which was the Sony. I’m sure an LCD-based system is more prone to failure (like the DLP/color-wheel models), but with an extended warranty and no great long-term expectations we’re actually very pleased. It was also $1599 vs. the $2699 for the Panasonic Plasma. Watched Leno last night through Comcast digital cable. I can now see what all the fuss is about. The picture is stunning. Still – the formatting issues and lack of content really do make it a luxury purchase pursuit and not, unfortunately, a necessity. Plus, there’s the rarely published or talked about issue that regular TV – even through the digital cable box – SUCKS. I suppose it was a crappy signal/formal to begin with. Now, blow up NTSC video and stick it on a 1080i screen and you’ll see how horrible it really is. Rich people (like Robert’s longer-term MSFT colleagues) will surely have line doublers and stuff, but for the average folk, the picture quality of non HD is poor.
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Just bought a Sony 42″ LCD driven projection set (about 12″ deep). Bright colors. Nice picture quality. I had planned to spend $2699 for a CU top-rated Panasonic plasma until Best Buy (aka Worst place on the planet to shop) had their point of purchase station crash (they’re blaming a recent change to an XP-based system for many many problems this holiday season) during my transaction. This resulted in a 45 minute delay and then the one set that I had bought was snatched up by someone else. Made me so mad. My wife helped me calm down and the next day we went back for our #2 choice – which was the Sony. I’m sure an LCD-based system is more prone to failure (like the DLP/color-wheel models), but with an extended warranty and no great long-term expectations we’re actually very pleased. It was also $1599 vs. the $2699 for the Panasonic Plasma. Watched Leno last night through Comcast digital cable. I can now see what all the fuss is about. The picture is stunning. Still – the formatting issues and lack of content really do make it a luxury purchase pursuit and not, unfortunately, a necessity. Plus, there’s the rarely published or talked about issue that regular TV – even through the digital cable box – SUCKS. I suppose it was a crappy signal/formal to begin with. Now, blow up NTSC video and stick it on a 1080i screen and you’ll see how horrible it really is. Rich people (like Robert’s longer-term MSFT colleagues) will surely have line doublers and stuff, but for the average folk, the picture quality of non HD is poor.
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David: even for the rich people NTSC sucks. You just don’t realize it until you have an HDTV screen in your house and get to see just how nice TV can be.
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David: even for the rich people NTSC sucks. You just don’t realize it until you have an HDTV screen in your house and get to see just how nice TV can be.
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