Experiences of Conveying Knowledge in Borderland

One of humankind’s most basic needs is that of being able to communicate with other people. As wireless network connectivity becomes more prevalent, factors such as physical location and situation diminish in significance for deciding when and how such communication can take place. What happens when a user is given this freedom to utilize the network regardless of time and place? Questions that arise are how different media can enrich communication and what challenges it poses. Can we enable other users to experience the world from another person’s perspective? Can we expand it beyond pure communication and allow other more novel uses to emerge? Can we use this as a way of conveying knowledge in real-time to those in need of it? We believe so, in this paper we discuss our experiences of mobile communication when using a wearable computer that is always connected to the best network available.