This reading about augmented space was very informative, not only are there many different forms of augmented space but then it is further explained through various examples that really help me wrap my mind around certain topics. For instance the way that the writer explains the combination surveillance, cell space, and electronic displays. It is explained that these different aspects of a space are constantly interacting with one another. Surveillance is explained as the cameras that are constantly watching people throughout their everyday lives, on street corners, cabs, and while in businesses. These add augmentation by ‘extracting data’ from the space and then processing the information. Then there is the cell space which is the interface operated by a hand held device of some kind such as a cell phone or a PDA. This works in conjunction with the electronic displays which are data information that can be presented on a thin sheet of plastic if so desired. This two are working together since they are both the actual ‘augmenters of the data.’ These then all explained to be working together to present a space to a view that is interacting with the view personally because they are being feed the visual data while they are being monitored by the cameras.
There was another part of this paper that I really found interesting, when the writer is explaining the difference between immersion and augmentation. It is explained as immersion is in affect when a viewer is watching a movie or playing a video game on a large TV and they are so focused on what they are viewing that they are unaware of their surrounding space, and it mention even speech is something that can seemingly slip the mind. This is opposed to the way that a person could be playing a game on a phone or watching a movie on an iPod, and in this case the viewer is still completely aware of the surrounding space of which the view occupies. This is because the interaction is on a smaller scale which is somewhat less affective when it comes to capturing the entire focus of a view. This explanation was really interesting to me because it is completely understandable and yet something that i have never thought about or realized before. i really enjoyed how easy it was to understand these complex interactions by the way the writer was able to constantly give detailed examples and i would not mind reading another by this author.

-Peter McGregory