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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My kids would go nuts. Even if we’ve bought most of their DVDs. But the key for a young family like ours is ease of use. I’d trust that someone made by Apple could be used and enjoyed by my entire familiy. Media Center would be too complex.
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My kids would go nuts. Even if we’ve bought most of their DVDs. But the key for a young family like ours is ease of use. I’d trust that someone made by Apple could be used and enjoyed by my entire familiy. Media Center would be too complex.
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I gotta believe Jobs will be much more innovative than simply trying to copy the Media Center. Or simply making a “DisneyPod” (how limiting) Copying is MS’s MO, not Apple’s.
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I gotta believe Jobs will be much more innovative than simply trying to copy the Media Center. Or simply making a “DisneyPod” (how limiting) Copying is MS’s MO, not Apple’s.
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Yes, yes Scoble, a apple media center with mickey mouse all over will get a ton of 5 year olds lined up at walmart.. =P Maybe not!
Apple needs a more powerful media center. It is somewhere where their bare bones approach on things will not be effective like the iPod was. Frontrow is great for people who have never used Media Center before, but those who have know that Microsoft already has a more feature rich (and still simple n stupid) thing going for them. The iPod is completely different because there wasn’t really anything like it in it’s time so they got a major head start. Just as media center did on frontrow, they have a head start and unless they blow it in Vista like Paul Thurrott is proclaiming, then they will more than likely maintain that lead for years to come.
Btw, this is my first comment here, hope it’s constructive and on topic. 🙂
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Yes, yes Scoble, a apple media center with mickey mouse all over will get a ton of 5 year olds lined up at walmart.. =P Maybe not!
Apple needs a more powerful media center. It is somewhere where their bare bones approach on things will not be effective like the iPod was. Frontrow is great for people who have never used Media Center before, but those who have know that Microsoft already has a more feature rich (and still simple n stupid) thing going for them. The iPod is completely different because there wasn’t really anything like it in it’s time so they got a major head start. Just as media center did on frontrow, they have a head start and unless they blow it in Vista like Paul Thurrott is proclaiming, then they will more than likely maintain that lead for years to come.
Btw, this is my first comment here, hope it’s constructive and on topic. 🙂
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A Disney pod would feature a mini-me Ivies inspired Mickey logo. His ears would be for previous/next, his eyes as forward/back and cheeks and chin as the scroll wheel. His nose as select. Kids would, especially go bananas if it emits such Mickey-esque “Ahh, Shucks!”, “Hey Minnie, way to go!” when playing the controls.
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A Disney pod would feature a mini-me Ivies inspired Mickey logo. His ears would be for previous/next, his eyes as forward/back and cheeks and chin as the scroll wheel. His nose as select. Kids would, especially go bananas if it emits such Mickey-esque “Ahh, Shucks!”, “Hey Minnie, way to go!” when playing the controls.
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DVRs and MMCs don’t do much in terms of selling content. In fact, the content providers don’t like them one bit. Apple is playing nice with the big boys and will not want to piss them off. Any MMC solution from Apple will take these things into mind. Anything they make will be something that will make everyone think “now why didn’t we think of making that simple and elegant?”
Seriously – Apple did learn from their mistakes in fighting Microsoft. It’s not always best to be out there first. 😉
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DVRs and MMCs don’t do much in terms of selling content. In fact, the content providers don’t like them one bit. Apple is playing nice with the big boys and will not want to piss them off. Any MMC solution from Apple will take these things into mind. Anything they make will be something that will make everyone think “now why didn’t we think of making that simple and elegant?”
Seriously – Apple did learn from their mistakes in fighting Microsoft. It’s not always best to be out there first. 😉
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My seven year old daughter just read your blog entry… I am now just so hosed…
She wants that Disney Mac NOW!
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My seven year old daughter just read your blog entry… I am now just so hosed…
She wants that Disney Mac NOW!
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you must be joking.. Disney is totally irrelevant.. Pixar (now owned by Disney) themed Macs would be a laughing stock.
The point is NOT to load of the Macs with content, but to finally roll out the Video Store for Quicktime (sigh, though it will probably be iTUNES which makes almost no sense)
And of course, we’ll see a big screened iPod when the movies store is rolled out.
Apple is NOT making a DVR
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you must be joking.. Disney is totally irrelevant.. Pixar (now owned by Disney) themed Macs would be a laughing stock.
The point is NOT to load of the Macs with content, but to finally roll out the Video Store for Quicktime (sigh, though it will probably be iTUNES which makes almost no sense)
And of course, we’ll see a big screened iPod when the movies store is rolled out.
Apple is NOT making a DVR
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Brett: your post shows just how badly we’ve failed at getting the Media Center word out. It’s not hard to use at all. It is a little hard to hook into an AV system, but then hooking up my AV Receiver was a pain in the ass (at least 20 cords since I have a fairly sophisticated surround sound system with lots of gadgets).
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Brett: your post shows just how badly we’ve failed at getting the Media Center word out. It’s not hard to use at all. It is a little hard to hook into an AV system, but then hooking up my AV Receiver was a pain in the ass (at least 20 cords since I have a fairly sophisticated surround sound system with lots of gadgets).
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Even if Apple does come out with a Media Center, the comparisons to iPod is still valid. Because, what differentiates Apple from others is their packaging – software, hardware, accessories etc. Apple is a complete product company, while Microsoft can only do the software for MCE and ‘suggest’ designs to their hardware design partners.
(BTW, Microsoft is an acknowledged computer accessories manufacturer (Mouse/Keyboard) and they even have the Xbox 360 to show. Why can’t Microsoft design something good for a Media Center and get it manufactured? Oh yeah, hardware partners would be unhappy, but that will be a wake-up call to them to design something good and something that can be put in the living room. Current solutions are not good enough. XP MCE is replacing XP Home in a lot of places, but without the full MCE capabilities.)
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Even if Apple does come out with a Media Center, the comparisons to iPod is still valid. Because, what differentiates Apple from others is their packaging – software, hardware, accessories etc. Apple is a complete product company, while Microsoft can only do the software for MCE and ‘suggest’ designs to their hardware design partners.
(BTW, Microsoft is an acknowledged computer accessories manufacturer (Mouse/Keyboard) and they even have the Xbox 360 to show. Why can’t Microsoft design something good for a Media Center and get it manufactured? Oh yeah, hardware partners would be unhappy, but that will be a wake-up call to them to design something good and something that can be put in the living room. Current solutions are not good enough. XP MCE is replacing XP Home in a lot of places, but without the full MCE capabilities.)
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Robert, if it’s as easy to use as Tivo then it would work in our house. That’s still the benchmark, IMO.
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Robert, if it’s as easy to use as Tivo then it would work in our house. That’s still the benchmark, IMO.
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Kids would come out of the womb wanting one!!!
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Kids would come out of the womb wanting one!!!
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Disney/Pixar content would be a great boost for any Apple DVR/Media Center. But it seems funny how everyone is just assuming that Apple’s solution will be more elegant than everything else out there. They haven’t even built anything and everyone is already saying that it will be the standard by which all other Media centers will be judged. Same with phones. 2% market share, 98% mind share. Maybe there is something to Steve’s RDF.
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Disney/Pixar content would be a great boost for any Apple DVR/Media Center. But it seems funny how everyone is just assuming that Apple’s solution will be more elegant than everything else out there. They haven’t even built anything and everyone is already saying that it will be the standard by which all other Media centers will be judged. Same with phones. 2% market share, 98% mind share. Maybe there is something to Steve’s RDF.
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“Not hard to use at all?” That’s a living in a bubble comment if I ever heard one. I tried replacing my Tivo set up with WMC. My wife found it impossible to use in comparison to the Tivo. Back came the Tivo.
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“Not hard to use at all?” That’s a living in a bubble comment if I ever heard one. I tried replacing my Tivo set up with WMC. My wife found it impossible to use in comparison to the Tivo. Back came the Tivo.
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That’s like Brian Turner leveraging relations with Wal-Mart in favor of Microsoft. I’m not so sure that’s ethical.
Jobs probably has a real razor’s edge to honor in his new position on the Disney BoD.
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That’s like Brian Turner leveraging relations with Wal-Mart in favor of Microsoft. I’m not so sure that’s ethical.
Jobs probably has a real razor’s edge to honor in his new position on the Disney BoD.
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Apple is not about about giving away content. It is all about making you want to pay for content. They did it with MP3’s and they will do it with video. If Apple makes a DVR it will only work as advertised if you pay a subscription fee to iTunes. That will give you features you will not find in a media center PC or a Tivo, but it will work like both and then some. With a subscription they can do things like video conferencing with anyone that has the new Apple media center device with built in iSight. They can make it so you can accept calls from your tv, maybe the remote will be a handset. They can integrate a viewer rating system for tv shows that is made through user input. Your TV, phone, VCR, DVD player, emai, web, and music will all be integrated in a way that makes sense. When Apple goes after your living room they will use the full power of a modern computer to do things that are just not done well or at all these days.
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Apple is not about about giving away content. It is all about making you want to pay for content. They did it with MP3’s and they will do it with video. If Apple makes a DVR it will only work as advertised if you pay a subscription fee to iTunes. That will give you features you will not find in a media center PC or a Tivo, but it will work like both and then some. With a subscription they can do things like video conferencing with anyone that has the new Apple media center device with built in iSight. They can make it so you can accept calls from your tv, maybe the remote will be a handset. They can integrate a viewer rating system for tv shows that is made through user input. Your TV, phone, VCR, DVD player, emai, web, and music will all be integrated in a way that makes sense. When Apple goes after your living room they will use the full power of a modern computer to do things that are just not done well or at all these days.
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I just mentioned the DisneyPod to my wife and she told me if it existed, it would be owned and coveted here. Good call.
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I just mentioned the DisneyPod to my wife and she told me if it existed, it would be owned and coveted here. Good call.
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I don’t see the whole Disney thing helping Apple. If anything, it would hurt more than help. I think the whole Disney-Apple relationship makes other studios feel nervous (as if they aren’t already).
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I don’t see the whole Disney thing helping Apple. If anything, it would hurt more than help. I think the whole Disney-Apple relationship makes other studios feel nervous (as if they aren’t already).
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apple good product.
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apple good product.
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