One of my favorite conferences is “Emerging Communications” eComm in brief. You really have to see the video clips posted in eComm 2010 to appreciate the tectonic shift that Augmented Reality will cause to many industries such as:

• next generation of human to machine interface
• tele-presence
• industrial and home automation
• gaming
• entertainment

I have posted to my notes from a year ago in the following links:

• Monday meetings
• Tuesday meetings
• Wednesday meetings (on AR)

Europe is leading the way — USA follows but moves faster.  The time horizon for streamline adoption is 3 years, with capital investments happening NOW.