V-topia

(1) With augmented reality, different inhabitants of a city might see different, spatially tailored annotations superimposed on it (pp.41) (2) The ancient Romans believed that each particular place had its characteristic spirit - its genius loci - that might manifest itself, if you watched carefully for it, as a snake. They had the right idea, but not the neceessary technology (pp.50). (3) Whereas the industrial revolution forced the separation of home and workplace, the digital revolution is bringing them back together (pp. 72). (4) These wired homes of the twenty-first centruy will require more than additional space to accommodate their wider ranges of functions. The internal subdivision and organizaiton of space will also need rethinking (pp. 73). (5) The effect of decreasing reliance on adjacency may actually be even greater centralization of particular activities on congenial locatins (pp. 78).