In the image above, I imagined what an augmented reality application might display if I pointed my phone’s camera at Newfangled’s North Carolina office. By combining GPS and landmark recognition technology, my smart phone will not only detect and identify both my location at Newfangled’s North Carolina office and my focal point, but will also show web-based information emanating from the office in real time.

Read more about mobile web technology, augmented reality, legal issues of privacy and content ownership, and the environmental impact of the web in Part 2 of The Future of the Web.

Posted at 2:00pm.