(PS I looooove Denno Coil)

It’s really motivating to hear someone mention Denno Coil not being too far away, although I doubt it very much, it’s a great boost for the moment.

Thats certainly true.
Which, to me, states well the need to have both public and private data possible on the same standard.
AR needs to be like a webbrowser to take off, but only in terms of “one application able to access all data sources”.
But not all those datasources should be as public as a webpage is.

GoogleWave, once again, seems to fit the bill, as it dosnt broadcast data outwards if the data is only exchanged between users within a sever. (which could be within one company).

So you could have your private Denno-Coil esq windows hovering in space around you….but you could also let your friends and family see your Densuke following you about
Too separate channels (or waves) of information. Private and public.

There is just as much as need for a shared AR world as there is a private one.
And critically…both need to be viewable at the same time for the user!

When we finally get nice ARspecs, the need will become very obvious.

“I guess we really felt we needed to get the idea out there – As Robert said in your interview – it’s hard to make people understand the full potential of AR”

Sadly, this is quite correct.
Concept videos can be very powerfull tool to show the potential of a bit of technology that is ever-so-close, but not yet existing.
I feel someone needs to produce a “day in the life” video showing the real world benefits of having slick denno-coil esq technology commonplace. It really would impact practically everything we do.

The criticism of the released video, I feel purely was due to it not being very clear (perhaps due to language issues), that it was a concept.

“Ken Inoue: *** Good question – the term “AR” is too techy/difficult….. we agree. ”

I’m not actually sure a technical name is much of a problem.

“Inter-network” after all, is pretty technical when you think about it.
Google (Googleplex), is the same.

I just think we need something thats simply and rolls of the toung. AR is too harsh and cold. Need something like web.
My own thinking is “Arn”, its basically AR-network, but pronouncing it softly “arn” rather then “A.R” to me sounds quite nice.
But whatever we end up with needs to be easily prouncable for everyone. I don’t think the meaning has to be that great.

Anyway, great interview as always, and I really look forward to seeing where things progress.
Especially if they are going to look at GoogleWave
Its really nice also to see someone from the industry say Denno-Coil isnt that far away