"Hybrid Tech" means combining tools in optimal ways by playing to their strengths and mediating to their weaknesses, relative to the use at hand. The demos in this area can be done on desktop, laptop, smartphone, smartpad… even a vr headset if you have one… Explore them and have fun and ask yourself the question, what could I do with these for my own purposes and uses? Presenter James G Neville (Sitearm). Sponsored by Institute for New Paradigms (Eileen O'Connor)

1. jn: hybrid tech inp 10-oct-2020 - intro
Hybrid Tech
“how do I reach thee... let me count the ways…”
what is a QR code
what is a trigger
your smartphone and you
A QR code is a type of matrix
barcode first designed in 1994 for
the automotive industry in Japan. A
barcode is a machine-readable
optical label that contains
information about the item to which
it is attached. Wikipedia
"Hybrid Tech" means combining tools in optimal ways by playing
to their strengths and mediating to their weaknesses,relative to
the use at hand.
Augmented reality is an interactive
experience of a real-world
environment where the objects that
reside in the real world are
enhanced by computer-generated
perceptual information. Wikipedia
To display augmented reality, you
need to use a specific augmented
reality app on your device to scan a
designated marker or trigger image.
The marker triggers the device to
show the augmented digital
content. This digital content might
be a 3D model, a video or audio, a
slideshow, a graphic, or other digital
content. Granite School District Salt
Lake City Utah
Basically, augmented reality adds digital components to the real
world, often by using the camera on a smartphone to enhance the
experience. NetGuru Nov 2019
A new software system developed by Brown University
researchers turns cell phones into augmented reality portals,
enabling users to place virtual building blocks, furniture and other
objects into real-world backdrops, and use their hands to
manipulate those objects as if they were really there. Science
Daily Oct 2019
selected images courtesy BUNDLAR, CURISCOPE
"Hybrid Tech" means combining tools in optimal ways by playing to their
strengths and mediating to their weaknesses, relative to the use at hand.

2. Mystery Codes!
Set phasers to stun...
What do these images do? Where do they lead?
Open your phone camera, aim, and find out!
Kirk: Set phasers to stun…
Scotty: Aye Captain, most iPhone
cameras Scan QR codes
automatically.
Spock: That is most illogical, Chief
Engineer. Android cameras have a
Scan QR code setting to enable it.
Kirk: Gentlemen… when you’re
quite ready?
mystery image 01
mystery image 02
mystery image 03
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3. Make Your Own QR Code!
QR = "Quick Response"
1. Go to a QR Code Generator
e.g., https://www.the-qrcode-generator.com/
2. Select "URL"
3. Enter a URL
e.g., www.myblog.com
4. Select "Save" and "PNG"
5. Enter a Filename
e.g., myblogqr
6. Select "Save"
7. Look for the file in your download/images folder
e.g., myblogqr.png
Congratulations! You now have your own QR Code to add
to conference slides, XR virtual reality exhibits, business
cards, and more.
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4. Experience Your Own AR!
AR = "Augmented Reality"
1. Scan QR Code
2. Download Bundle
3. Aim at Trigger
4. Interact with Prompts
Congratulations! You have experienced AR.
jn: hybrid tech inp 10-oct-2020 - experience your own ar

5. Experience WebXR!
XR = “Cross Reality”
1. Go to https://framevr.io/
Congratulations! You are experiencing WebXR.
DESKTOP:
Click and drag to look around
Use arrow keys or WASD to
move
MOBILE:
Tilt or swipe to look
Tap and drag in
bottom left corner
to move
WebXR allows seeing
virtual worlds across
multiple devices and
operating systems.
WebXR is the latest evolution in the
exploration of virtual and augmented
realities; it taps the power of the web
along with the unification of these
realities. 3D World
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6. Ladies and Gentlemen good day and Welcome to the Hybrid Tech demo area sponsored by the
Institute for New Paradigms.
Desktop, Laptop, Mobile, VR, AR, XR... all of these technologies are coming at us seemingly all
at once.
What is an avatar to do?! Can humans handle these multiple technologies?
In a word yes. "Hybrid Tech" means combining tools in optimal ways by playing to their strengths
and mediating to their weaknesses, relative to the use at hand.
We are perfectly capable of handling hybrid tech and figuring it out as we go along - with perhaps
a little help from our friends.
It reminds me of the old story when someone was asked:
"Don't you feel humbled here, standing on a rotating Earth, orbiting the Sun, whizzing through the
Milky Way, wending through the Universe?!"
And they replied:
"Not at all - in fact I'm pretty darned amazing to be handling all this at once!"
The demos in this area can be done on desktop, laptop, smartphone, smartpad… even a vr
headset if you have one…
Explore them and have fun and ask yourself the question, what could I do with these for my own
purposes and uses?
I am here for questions.
TIME TO GO TO THE NEXT DEMO - OPEN YOUR MAP (CTRL-M) AND DOUBLE CLICK ON
THE RED DOT
TIME TO RETURN TO THE MEETING AREA - OPEN YOUR MAP (CTRL-M) AND DOUBLE
CLICK ON THE YELLOW DOT
Hybrid Tech Demo SCRIPT - INP RESIDENCY VERSION 10-Oct-2020
jn: hybrid tech inp 10-oct-2020 - script