ubiquitous_computing


 * Ubiquitous computing** is the idea of having technology in the background of our lives. Currently, the world is in the stage where one person has one computer. Ubiquitous computing (or pervasive computing) would provide hundreds of interactive technology per person. This is not like PDAs or laptops but more like displays located on walls where it is nearly invisible until needed. An example would be GPS-integrated automobiles that provide driving directions. The opposite of ubicomp, as it is sometimes referred as, would be virtual reality where a person enters a computer-generated world. Instead, the computers would be seamlessly integrated into our reality.

[|Mark Weiser] (July 23, 1952 - April 27, 1999) is often hailed as the “father of ubiquitous computing” and was the chief scientist at Xerox PARC. (note: the website has not been updated since his death but his influential papers on early ubicomp can be found here)

=Works Cited=

Weiser, Mark. February 1, 2006 

Wikipedia. __Ubiquitous Computing__. February 1, 2006 