Engineering Culture By Infoq

This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast recorded at QCon San Francisco 2016, Shane Hastie, InfoQ Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Amber Case, Cyborg Anthropologist. Case explains why VR is an important step along the way to Augmented Reality, how technology needs to fit in with social norms, and why calm technology is so important. Why listen to this podcast: - We are all cyborgs now - There is a clear sequence for a technology to be accepted in society, and trying to leapfrog the steps results in failure - The value of calm technology to overcome the shock of so many devices competing for our attention in different ways - The importance of security and safety in the always connected technology world - The risks, downfalls and benefits of technology in human lives Notes and links can be found on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/amber-case 1m:40s - Starting with VR to create new experiences and use them to learn about the pot