Dot, the creator of the smartwatch, has launched an app service for the visually impaired. When you detect a work of art with your smartphone, it opens Wikipedia and explains it, and when you spot a sign at a bus stop, it opens a transportation app. It’s open source, so anyone can create automation for specific objects.
As with this Apple announcement, mobile experiences are evolving into more fragmented experiences. In particular, these services start out as experiences for those who have difficulty processing visual information, but I wonder how they will grow into experiences where machines process visual information instead. I anticipate that new experiences will be possible when information can be collected in a more compact way than smartphones.
