A few days ago, I came across a really neat link from Nokia’s recent Nokia World Conference. It was of a possibility for some future uses of mobile-like technologies combined with the real world and the Internet. Here’s the video:

For the way that I think about how I interact with media and information, especially within a church or bible study setting, I can see some value in some of the interaction approaches taken here.

One of those things that I really like though, and something that I could see in some level – maybe not with the glasses – is that idea of the world as an interface layer. If you will, seeing and interacting with the world around you, with the context of linked data on top of it.

So much like the woman viewing her news posts within the “browser,” I could see a host of users within a church or bible study setting instead of being shown the text of Scripture, seeing just verses on a screen. And then as they hold up their mobile’s cameras, or special glasses, they would unlock the ability to interact with that data. Sort of like Logos’ RefTagger, but instead of being done on a browser, its being done with some character recognition, along with connection to data streams (personal, church’s, and publisher’s – all working together).

Beyond that, I would see a shared space, something like YouVersion Live that would be an aggregate place for those saved/shared discussions. With this total interactive experience being a part of that door that we as the Body offer to the world around us.

Its a dream, and one that I have often – everytime that I open my mobile in church I want to do just this scene of linking my data to the pastor’s and others in the community. But, its one that I think would be possible, if we were to take a chance by mixing up things a bit, and allowing the tech to actually speak towards how it was created to be used. What do you think?

Or, we could pull something off like this with announcements and other parts of print Bibles while we wait for things like the originally posted video to happen 😉