Posts Tagged ‘wearable computing’

Spatial Computing Considerations for Mobile Ministry

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Could your Internet evangelism, online ministry, or mobile ministry efforts fare well in a spatial computing environment:

Pattie Maes & Pranav Mistry: Unveiling the “Sixth Sense” – TED Talk

So much of the efforts are about bringing your message to people,or broadcasting to their spaces. But, what if it were flipped. What if your message couldn’t stand in the spaces they interact with? Or, what if your message, no matter how appropriate, had the digital fingerprints of people who have other characteristics which might diminish the quality or validity of your message? And then, as the above video shows, what if tech opened all of that (for an off-the-shelf cost of $350USD)?

Can your digital ministry efforts act in any kind of digital space? Or, just the ones you can control?

 

Literal Deuternomy 6 Tech, OmniTouch

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind, and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up. You should tie them as a reminder on your forearm and fasten them as symbols on your forehead. Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and gates. (Deuteronomy 6:6-9 NET)

I’m quite interested in the field of wearable computing, especially as I see it relating to the next logical evolution of computing beyond mobile (hardware). OmniTouch is something that I came across while reading. Its a good bit bulky, but does enhance the spatial relationship people can have within computing interfaces.

I also am reminded of seeing something quite similar done with the Nokia N95 smartphone a number of years ago. Nice how history repeats itself, but finds ways of being reinterpreted in another toolset for additional learnings.

Could your practices in digital faith stand seeing digital graffiti of Scripture on the literal hands, hearts, and buildings of man?