Thinking about Mixed Reality...

Newer paradigms in interaction between real and virtual worlds has lead to the concept of mixed reality in the near future. Already there are many mobile games in this domain. I was imaginaing a few scenarios and thought i useful it would be if
- if you need to find your way to a certain destination in a busy crowded city where you just hate to stand at one of the crossroads in the labyrinth and figure things out for yourself. Instead, if you have a camera phone, then dial a number for request for service to locate a destination in a city. Answer a few questions to confirm the place you are looking for... wait for the database connectivity and information retrieval... gottcha! Now follow the direction. Point the camera in any direction...the information about the users current postion and the orientation on the camera goes to the database that maps it onto a map and finds out the displacement from the destination, looks for optimal path to detination...shows the information to the user on the screen as arrows poiting in certain direction. Alternate paths could be followed here. User moves in the most convinient direction and reaches destination.

You know wat the marketing buggers can do?..They can get the user profile and take them in the direction of their product. As the user moves in front of the showroom he is given information on the latest schemes that they have to offer to the concerned user profile. SO wat do you day, you pay extra for spam free ride to destination in minimum time.

Hey these technologies can also be useful in cases of accidents where the ambulance can find the optimal paths to the injured person. Can also look at the severity of the wound and decide for treatment required. Can also inform the specialist doctor in advance so that when the patient reaches the hospital things are prepared for him.

Hey wat if you combine it with Google's search engine and use it to locate things around. Type the thing that you are looking for. Rotate camera across room, see the an arrow pointing to the object/s searched for you. Not the thing that you looking for..refine search or select from a category that google has guessed that you might be looking for in the room. Cool life! can afford to have an untidy room them. Thanks to technology! ;)