Its fascinating how people of the 20th century try to create something that seemed impossible for them to achieve like the “virtual world”. People in the 90’s experimented the phenomenon of cyberspace by changing the media into an “electronica suburb”as Norman Klein expressed. Its funny how the military used to use the internet for video surveillance purposes but now the people of today use the internet as a form of entertainment and checking e-mails; what makes the history of the internet most interesting is how a simple idea can create a bridge of opportunities for advertisement and communication. Most cities are decorated with bill boards and advertisements, but people don’t stop and think about the augmented space it takes from the city. Augmentation is every where starting from cell phones to flat screen T.V.s to PSP’s because it takes space and it varies the size of the object. What these object have in common is that these electronic devises emerge you away from reality and introduces you into another world that interprets something similar to reality but in a more fantasy matter. Augmentation is present in many places like in architecture and in the arts because of the physical space and sometimes the use of the media.
   This reading is interesting because we are surrounded by many things that we sometimes forget to appreciate whats around us. There are many technological advances throughout the years in which there is no doubt that this type of media would progress in the future.

Hanslee Garcia