About the Writer
My name is Tom Carpenter. From reading novels by William Gibson to playing MUDs on CompuServe (damn you chain weapon!) in the late 1980s, I’ve always been fascinated by the digital world. To condense down the artifacts of our world into ones and zeros seems impossible. On top of that impossibility, we’ve built layer by layer, a pyramid of digital architecture reaching towards the Universe. Yes, a little starry-eyed for a medium that’s main function is the delivery of porn, but I’m willing to dream a little, and I’d love it if you came along.
Augmented reality initially began as an inspiration for a sci-fi novel, but since then has become a passion. Besides writing on The Future Digital Life, I also write on the AR hub of the Inter-and-Outernet: Games Alfresco. In 2009, I had the opportunity to speak at ISMAR09 about a project I am working on with Metaio. The conference was great and it afforded me and opportunity to meet all the wonderful people within the augmented reality movement. I plan on chronicling its evolution and acceptance within the general population over the coming years.
I am also a member of the Scribes’ Tribe which is a group of writer’s who meet regularly to help each other on the long arduous journey to become a writer. I will forever be indebted to them for their support, guidance and tough love, because no one can truly learn unless they’re willing to hear some uncomfortable truths.
My daytime job is as a manager at a Toyota casting facility. Toyota is world renown in its pursuit of business perfection. I’ve been lucky enough to spend fourteen years (and counting!) learning from the great philosophers of business. It might be hard to understand what a car company could teach a writer, but the job has strengthened my critical thinking and abilities to communicate, and I will be forever in debt. If Socrates ran a company it would be Toyota.
I have a short story called Sagan’s Law published in the e-zine Fusion Fragment.
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#1 by Haz on June 30, 2009 - 2:18 am
excellent book excerpt! I like your thinking, and look forward to reading your novel! I believe something like the ‘digital sea’ (perceptually real) will eventually exist, and am seeking to bring it to reality. Join us for the Immersive Tech summit next year!
#2 by Tom Carpenter on June 30, 2009 - 6:39 am
Thanks.
I can’t wait to complete it. Hopefully in the fall it would be complete (and then published beginning of next year). And Immersion Tech summit sounds like an interesting event.
#3 by Christine Perey on August 26, 2009 - 6:51 am
I’m an independent consultant and industry analyst focusing on Mobile Mixed and Augmented Reality. I am very active in the planning and coordinating of the upcoming ISMAR conference.
It going to take place in Orlando October 19-22. To find out more about this event, visit http://www.ismar-society.org/ismar2009/
There will be the traditional research and technology track as well as application sessions and a parallel program covering Arts, Media and Humanities using Augmented reality for culture, communication and art.
If you are not aware of it, I would also like to let you know about a special workshop I’m running on Monday October 19 about Mobile AR in which we will be covering the application/content development platforms, the vision for commercial mobile AR and the roadmap for developing a successful mobile AR industry.
You can find out more about the workshop on this page: http://www.ismar-society.org/ismar2009/mobilewand.php
I hope that you will let me know your plans with respect to ISMAR 2009 so that I can work with you to make sure you tap all the best people.
Many thanks for your time and I look forward to your reply.
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#4 by Tom Carpenter on August 26, 2009 - 12:14 pm
I’m trying to find a way to make it to ISMAR09. Noora has already contacted me about joining the industrial panel since I’m working with Metaio on some projects at Toyota. If I can find a way to go, the biggest issue will be having enough time to join all discussions I’d like to join.
#5 by Sylvie Denis on September 22, 2009 - 7:40 am
hello,
you can see the beginning of a short-story about a childminder, augmented reality for kids and security issues here : http://magmaplasma.blogspot.com/2008/10/bifrost-52.html
It was published in the French magazine Bifrost http://www.belial.fr/catalogue/revue/bifrost-52
yes, i know it’s all in French but you don’t want an incomplete list ! (I’ll try and see if I can find others ! )
Sylvie Denis
#6 by angeles on October 31, 2009 - 1:52 pm
hi, Tom i’m trying to experiment using the metaio unifeye software but i can’t make my own pattern, would you help me…
another issue that i have, i can’t import .wrl files i’m trying but always appear an error about encryption. if u can help me i would be very grateful.
#7 by Publigeekaire on November 6, 2009 - 6:25 pm
Hello from France Tom! I am french and i fund your blog today. We have things in common, like the fact we both started our blogs in last February, and that we both love Augmented Reality (and Ted Conferences!).
My blog is a mix between advertising and augmented reality (2 passions in one blog).
Be sure I will come back in here, and if you are interested, here are the posts I made.
The first one is my best success :
http://publigeekaire.com/2009/06/10-applications-concretes-de-la-realite-augmentee/
and there are a lot of others right here :
http://publigeekaire.com/tag/realite-augmentee/
They are all in french, but the videos are usually in english and I think you will not have problems to understand them.
Have a nice week-end, Mathieu.
PS : good luck for you novel, i would also like to make someting like this, but until that, i keep writing posts about advertising in 2020
#8 by Gezonde Voeding on December 8, 2009 - 7:47 am
Great site you have, i am sure. I think it’s kinda hard to unite two passion in one blog, but you’ve done already, keep up your good work.
Tom, i admire your knowledge and your experience. I hope your novel launch soon, i am the first one who got it. Thank you.
#9 by Brad R. Torgersen on January 20, 2010 - 4:44 pm
Hi Tom, thanks for the ‘thanks’ over at the Dean Smith blog!
#10 by christine on March 4, 2010 - 1:59 pm
Tom, I found you while doing a search on You Tube for a tutorial on the Unifeye design trial version 1.0. You seem to really got it together. I was hoping I can get some help from you. How can I e-mail you? It’s for a project with this software for my son. Thank you.
#11 by Jeff Mummert on July 7, 2010 - 8:47 am
Hi Tom,
This message is from a group of educators in Pennsylvania who have developed a technology and fabrication project that is in the process of raising a modest amount of money to build prototypes for gathering additional partners.
Our project, the Civil War Augmented Reality Project, is intended to enhance the experiences of people visiting Civil War sites. It is also intended to increase attendance and revenue for historic sites by offering both “high” and “low” tech experiences to best reach the majority of the population.
We feel that our project is fulfilling a need that educators, park workers, technology enthusiasts, and Civil War enthusiasts have discussed in the past: How can historic sites both raise educational value and public interest in their institutions though technology, while not alienating the non-technical history fans?
We have worked hard on the answer, and are interested in promoting our creative solutions.
We would like to make clear that the project is not intended solely for Pennsylvania. It is our hope that the project will expand to other venues, as we feel that we have the ability to use our ideas to enhance the experiences of all students at historic sites.
If you have a chance, please check out our blog:
http://acwarproject.wordpress.com/
And our fun, Civil-War flavored funding campaign on Kickstarter:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jmummert/the-civil-war-augmented-reality-project
If you think that our project has merit, we would be delighted if you could mention it in your blog.
Here are a few other links of interest regarding our project:
A recent newspaper article:
http://www.ydr.com/ci_15435690
Other recent blog posts:
http://electricarchaeologist.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/civil-war-augmented-reality-project/
http://www.yorkblog.com/yorktownsquare/2010/07/linked-in-with-neat-york-count-48.html
Our Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Civil-War-Augmented-Reality-Project/126003620773256
Our Twitter account page:
http://twitter.com/ACWAR_Project
Thanks very much for considering us!
The Civil War Augmented Reality Project
Jeff Mummert- Hershey High School and York College of Pennsylvania
Art Titzel- Hershey Middle School
Jay Vasellas- Red Lion Area High School and York College of Pennsylvania
#12 by Anthony Cappetto on July 27, 2010 - 9:08 am
I am very interested in all things AR that we can plug in to the live art form of 3D street painting (chalk art). take a look at a post I put together about how we think 3D street painting can work well with AR and Quick Response at ‘The Business of Street Painting Art’ blog at http://businessofstreetpainting.typepad.com. And at this point in time, there are so many interesting concepts happening (such as these AR glasses in your recent post), its good to keep aware in any case.