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It's scary how much this sounds like the world envisioned by Daniel Suarez in Daemon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_(technothriller_series) http://en.wiki

by jobu 14y ago

It's scary how much this sounds like the world envisioned by Daniel Suarez in Daemon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_(technothriller_series) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_(technothriller_series) Google has diverless cars, Glasses that overlay information on top of reality, and now is making a sort of game out of it.

sown 14y ago
Also reminded me of Vinge's Rainbow's Edge.
- jonnycowboy 14y ago
  And of course the Metaverse in Snow Crash.
  - tripzilch 14y ago
    That one wasn't actually augmented, but virtual.
  - TeMPOraL 14y ago
    And then Black Oceans by Jacek Dukaj. One of the most idea-dense book I ever read. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czarne_oceany http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czarne_oceany
- gojomo 14y ago
  You mean 'Rainbows End'. (The lack of a possessive apostrophe is also intentional.)
tjbiddle 14y ago
Project Glass was announced only a few weeks after I finished Freedom (Second book of Daemon). I was excited then, and I'm excited now.
bostonpete 14y ago
While I enjoyed his books, I don't think these predictions were exactly prescient. He was essentially writing about things that were just beyond the capabilities of existing technology...
elq 14y ago
I'm certain that book is well known to the development team :D
dysoco 14y ago
I read Daemon a week ago and it was meh... it was somewhat surrealist to me. But nice book anyways.
- EthanHeilman 14y ago
  Daemon is only half the book, read the other half called Freedom_TM.
  - dysoco 14y ago
    Yes I know, the ending is quite open... but I didn't like at all how Daemon ends, so I'm not really interested in the other book.