Michael and Michael get back together to talk about the latest smart home news, starting with the Amazon acquisition of Ring. The pair speculate on what this level of integration in the Amazon ecosystem could bring — everything from delivery verification, to drone delivery enablement to package recipient identification. Mobile apps captured their attention with location-based & experience-driven marketing as well as with augmented reality. Augmented reality also features in this week’s episode in the form of a motorcycle helmet prototype and the upcoming Ghostbusters mobile game. What do you think will be the next big thing in IoT? … Continue reading →
Michael & Michael talk about the promise of bots who listen into meetings, take notes & action items on your behalf, entering them into your tool of choice for follow up. Talk about the power of the pen — and quite a step up from “Alexa, add eggs to my grocery list”. Michael R brings up the fact that we’re still in a generation 1.1 world when it comes to AR — really in the beginning stages. Starting point will be in enterprise and entertainment before AR applications begin to really show up outside of these areas. Intriguing question: are … Continue reading →