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[Ted Hanss <>]

FYI

> Date:         Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:32:11 GMT
> From: JISC Technology & Standards 
> Watch              <>
> Subject: JISC TechWatch: New report published on location-based experiences
> To: 
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> JISC Technology and Standards Watch is pleased to announce the publication 
> of of its latest report.
> "Future location-based experiences" is by Professor Steve Benford of the 
> University of Nottingham's
> Mixed Reality Laboratory.
>
> The evolution and convergence of mobile and wearable devices, sensing 
> systems and wireless
> communications is leading to new kinds of location-based experience in 
> which digital content adapts
> to users’ locations as they move through the physical world.
>
> There is a wide range of potential applications across education including 
> support for fieldwork
> (e.g. biological science, environmental science, geography, architecture 
> and planning to name a
> few); support for site visits; as well as supporting more general social 
> and administrative
> functions including keeping track of friends, delivering navigational 
> assistance to visitors and
> even enhancing personal safety.
>
> However, beyond these potential applications, there are commercial and 
> social reasons why the
> education community needs to consider the likely impact of location-based 
> experiences.
>
> This report will distil emerging results from the research community, 
> analyse future trajectories
> for technologies and applications, and discuss the likely impact on the 
> education community,
> especially opportunities for new applications as well as new challenges to 
> be met.
>
> The report is available from the JISC TechWatch website at:
>
> http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=techwatch_ic_reports2005_published
>
>
> JISC Technology & Standards Watch
> http://www.jisc.ac.uk/techwatch
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