Science (and life??) through (augmented reality) Semantic Goggles
The FP6 CINeSPACE project, Experiencing Urban Film and Cultural Heritage project ( article ) creates an augmented reality by combining GIS information with semantic technology. The results are a location-/ orientation-aware binocular-like device which overlays multimedia information based on - among other things - what the user is looking at: This is a great concept and prototype, but could we take it a little further and generalize it? Say, to semantically enhanced reality goggles that allow you to select a particular semantic view of the world, including scientific and social views? Put them on and toggle the " Biological taxonomy " semantic view while you are walking through the rainforest and you have species names overlaid on your enhanced reality; identified poisonous plants and animals are marked with a bright red " Do not eat " and " Avoid ", respectively; identified endangered species are marked with an " Endangered: Do not step-on / tou...