I’m currently inhaling little tiny bits of internet that are whirring and whooshing around my dorm room. Data, images, text messages, phone conversations, music, and all other forms of digital “stuff” is hanging in the air around me, quietly invading this green earth, broken down into fragments that I often wonder are nothing more than figments of our imaginations. Of course, this is preposterous. The very fact I’m posting on this blog is a testament to the permeation of Augmented Space, and the existence of the digital world.

I loved this reading. Well, as much as a person can “love” a ridiculously long essay about a slightly confusing topic. But, I was engaged from the beginning, curious about this new subject that has such relevance in daily life and in our futures. I had never really thought about the layer of information that blankets most of our spaces. Cell phones and portable internet allow data to be transmitted almost anywhere, and the result is this new concept of Augmented space, physical reality overlaid with dynamic information.

Architecture is undergoing many renovations in thinking as of late, with the sudden realization that the earth’s resources must be conserved. Additionally, architecture is changing, as I found out, to accommodate the now needed flow of digital information. We’re becoming increasingly technological, and pretty soon the Jetsons will be envious of the fabulous new ways information is provided to the masses, via electronic displays and other such gadgets. Outside the art world, where augmented space is being used to create really cool installtions, I am curious to see how the new dimmesion and use of physical surroundings will impact our daily lives in the future. It is already so prevalent, yet hardly anyone has considered exactly what is happening each time we update our facebook status, or check BusTracker from our iPhones.

All this to say, the article captured my attention and imagination, raising a curiosity and awareness about the new (to me) term of Augmented Space. I want to see how media changes over the course of my lifetime, and am excited now to tune in to how humans are coexisting with all of this dynamic data streaming around us.