Here’s a video from TEDIndia that’s jumped up and down on my radar screen yelling to be shared. Pranav Mistry from Media Lab talks about (and demonstrates) some cool interaction methods for real-world/virtual-world augmentation; SixthSense is especially cool. It projects virtual stuff onto real stuff, adding information to stuff without having to ‘disconnect’ and go type in stuff on your iPhone.

If you’re in the mood to check out more funky academics — of course you are — two to start with are Jane McGonigal (game research, ARGs, pervasive gaming, games everywhere) and danah boyd (new/social media, online/offline, blogs, identity, community).