You 'Like' What You Eat

Photo credit: Alejo Malia

How much easier and cooler would it be if Google Maps could be seen in a 3-dimensional way right through your car’s windshield? Or if you could pull up holographic Yelp reviews from restaurants you walked past. Plus, if I knew who 'liked' things before I ate them, I probably wouldn't have been sick off of that Smoked (mystery) Meat sandwich at the football game yesterday. As a step in the right direction, Facebook just launched a new web app called 'Discover Facebook’s Popular Pages'. It’s designed to help you find more pages to 'Like' based on your past selections, what’s popular and what your friends like. While watching Back to the Future 2 this afternoon, it made me realize how far we’ve come since 1985, and how much closer we are to that futuristic society. With Augmented Reality (AR) becoming more and more usable, we can’t be that far away from this stuff coming to life. Until then, we still have classic movies and the imagination of people like Alejo Malia. ~ p