Linked by Nicholas Blachford on Thu 19th Feb 2004 20:06 UTC
No, I'm not going all "New Age" on you, this time I'm looking at how computers are going to get a 3rd dimension and how this will change the way we interact with them. The previous parts of this series have been based on extrapolations or previous history. This time I'm looking further forward, when technologies currently in long term development become available and open up a whole new realm of possibilities.
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Again, like in his previous articles, the author depends on false assumptions and contradicts himself.
For one he says that the desktop PC will disappear from the average household (he actually worded it much stronger than that in his previous article, but he seems to have come down from that position somewhat), but at the same time he acknowledges that an immersive, world-wide virtual community will require massive computing power to be available to everyone. Reeks of a powerful desktop PC to me, or at least something very similar to such a device.
His emphasis on 3D environments is somewhat odd, since that particular avenue has already been explored and deemed inappropriate. I expect more from augmented reality, as said in earlier replies.