I didn't want to talk your collective ear off about this until after the holidays, but "The Augmented City" — my capstone report for the Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech's Jacobs Institute — has arrived! The New Urban Order's Diana Lind is first out of the gate with a podcast and interview with me about the urban implications of AR (and AI) at scale. https://lnkd.in/enjdCBgv Key takeaways from our conversation: 🔮 2025 could be a watershed year for AR adoption in urban environments 🎨 Some exciting current uses of AR in cities include the Kinfolk Foundation's creation of digital monuments honoring unjustly obscured Black historical figures, and inCitu's visualization tools helping residents preview upcoming developments ⚠️ We need to think critically about how AR will reshape urban life - it's not just about tech, but about equity, access, and public space 🏙️ Cities must prepare proactively for AR's arrival, learning from past experiences with disruptive technologies like Uber and Airbnb 🤝 The full report offers concrete recommendations for city leaders on managing this transition thoughtfully I'll have more — much more! — to share in the new year, but for now please listen or read our full conversation and download "The Augmented City" for a deeper dive into what's coming. https://lnkd.in/eRiTe6Fv #XR #AR #AugmentedReality #AugmentedReality #UrbanTech #FutureOfCities
If this is the official announcement post, I have some thanking to do. First up, all my Cornell Tech colleagues and fellows past and present: Michael Samuelian, Anthony Townsend, Nneka Sobers, Benjamin Oldenburg, Paul Salama, Cara Eckholm, Mirtha Santana, Rasmi 💡, Mike Bloomberg
Next, my cohort of past and present public officials who gamely offered their time and wisdom to answering the question "How do you prepare for technologies that don't quite exist yet?" Including: Ryan Russo, Mark Wheeler, Michael Sarasti, Story Bellows, Karina Ricks, Ashley Z. Hand, Kris Larson, Matt Hoffman, Jordan Davis, David Burns, Alby B., Sander Dolder, Seleta Reynolds, and more!
I also need to thank the experts and practitioners who presented to the cohort on the most pressing issues and themes surrounding urban AR today, including Boon Sheridan, Hopscotch Labs' Dennis Crowley, Helpful Places' Jacqueline Lu, inCitu's Dana Chermesh-Reshef, Snap Inc.'s Jasson Crockett, the Metaverse Standards Forum's Neil Trevett, and Chris Gilliard, a.k.a. #Hypervisible.
Finally, extra special thanks to QuickHoney's Nana Rausch for her patented pixelated illustrations accompanying Madeline Ashby's amazing short stories bringing the report's finding vividly to life. They're the reasons why you shouldn't wait to download and read it!
Thanks for letting me be a part of the conversations. I am digging the report and the stories within. Congratulations on an amazing effort and results.
I'd also like to thank my friend and colleague Brian David Johnson and the Arizona State University #ThreatcastingLab for leading the workshop and foresight methodology at the core of this report. I literally couldn't have done this without the dozens of participants who brought potential futures vividly to life, and just to thank a few: Francesca Birks; Ernest Chrappah; Elizabeth Haas; Harmen van Sprang; Nick Kaufmann; Chelsea Mauldin; Daniel Onren Latorre; Joan O'Hara; Sean Rhodes; Lina Srivastava; Hallie J. Stern, Claire Weingarten, and so many others!