MATT MILLS

PRESENTATION ON

AURASMA

Technology that can make your phone see and understand like a

human brain does

Aurasma did most of the workBecause it’s so innovative and exciting!

Imagine pointing your phone at a work of art or a sign or any picture or object and having your phone talk to you about the object or play a memory or give instructions.

Art moves and talks!

• If you move the object the animation follows• The picture can have sound• This gives art even more educational value

Here we can see a practical use.Point phone at the router for more

instructions. Clever!

Truly helpful technology!

Tether Video to anything

As she plays with Aurasma

she is recorded

onto a slip of card

and shown to the

audience by Matt

This girl is using

Aurasma.The pictures

in her school are talking to her and

helping the teacher keep her attention

RAAAWR!

This dino was linked to

this jungle banner but

clearly not limited byIts borders

Matt was a very compelling speaker.

He kept his audiences attention

He didn’t appear nervousHe spoke clearlyHe made people smile

In comparison to Duarte’s method:

•He played to the audiences desires and treated them as King•Some of his demos told stories•He spread ideas of creative and practical uses for this tech.

In comparison to Reynolds’ approach

•He kept it simple •He let the technology do the presenting•He only used half the alotted time

Ted CommandmentMost exemplified:

#2 Dream a great dream

If the ability to point your phone at anythingand get a story or a song or more informationfrom seemingly nowhere isn’t a great dream

then my definition is flawed.

When comparing to Sir Ken’s Presentation:

• Sir Ken Told more stories and offered more personal information.

• Sir Ken kept the audience laughing throughout

• Sir Ken needed no visual aids• Sir Ken’s dream seemed loftier

to me…grander

Dynamics: 4/5While Matt is an accomplished

speaker I feel he could have used a bit more emotion or humor.

He kept the audience’s attention and smiles on most of their faces so I give him a four out ot five.

What I learned from Matt:

• You don’t need fireworks and dancing girls to keep an audience enthused (however a capable assistant who dresses smartly is always good)

• Sometimes what you are presenting is so novel that it can lessen your workload greatly

• When in doubt show children and dinosaurs!

All images are screenshots taken from his presentation video here:

http://www.ted.com/talks/matt_mills_image_recognition_that_triggers_augmented_reality.html?quote=1787