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This Is Probably What The Future Will Resemble

Jun. 23, 2011 by Brad Kenney in MFG 2.0

... and I for one am not that impressed.

Of course, I appreciated the Minority Report-style gesture-based technology creating an interactive, virtual "augmented" layer on top of everything, but watching the main character walk down the street with life-size ads chasing after him like leaves in a stiff breeze is not exactly an inspiring future vision.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KnSzefUtHc&feature=player_embedded

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