Implications of Invisible Computing
Computation becomes (mostly) implicit
- invisible computing environments are really different
- invisible computing environments aren’t computers
(a car, with ABS, engine control, etc. -- even a car with enough computation to drive itself -- won’t be thought of as a computer)
- invisible computing environments aren’t other people
(a room -- even a room that understands the conversations that occur in it -- won’t be thought of as a person)
- people need new ways to think about invisible computing environments