Augmented Human Quotes

“Microsoft has filed a patent4 for adding a biometric data sensor system to HoloLens to monitor and respond to stress levels, using the wearer’s heart rate, perspiration production, brainwave activity, and other body signals.”
― Helen Papagiannis, Augmented Human: How Technology Is Shaping the New Reality

“Obrist uses a hypothetical example of a couple that just had a fight in the morning before going to work. While in a meeting, the woman receives a gentle sensation transmitted through her bracelet into the middle of her palm. The sensation comforts her and indicates that her partner is no longer angry.”
― Helen Papagiannis, Augmented Human: How Technology Is Shaping the New Reality

“Brand Killer is a custom-built head-mounted display that uses openCV image processing to recognize and block brands and logos from the user’s point of view in real time. It’s “AdBlock for Real Life,” they state.”
― Helen Papagiannis, Augmented Human: How Technology Is Shaping the New Reality

“When we move away from copying reality, AR in general will be liberated from the burden of simulating the real, with the creative doors wide open to new modes of expression and invention.”
― Helen Papagiannis, Augmented Human: How Technology Is Shaping the New Reality