The Object Network

Motivation of the Object Network

• Don't dwell too long on this negative review of the current state of the digital world!
• Here's a Manifesto of Magic to cheer you up again!
• To find out more about why the Object Network was created - read this introduction to the philosophy behind the approach
• Read our Vision and Mission
• Casting spells in Augmented Reality and the Internet of Things

Object Network described

• Find out more about What it is, What's different about it and Why that's better
• Read more about the Object Network's approach...
• The Killer app is the App Killer!
• Find out how Onex is like having a spreadsheet on all your devices
• Here are some examples of programming in Onex
• How we can all Program Reality!
• Write your own Chat system in the Onex app
• Here's all the detail of what it is and why
• One day it could replace the Google, Android, etc ecosystems and smartphones..
• On the linked-up data in the Object Network for social networking
• More on the linked-up data in the Object Network for social networking
• Even more on the linked-up data in the Object Network (longer version)
• Find out how the Object Network will be decentralised and programmable
• Discover how the Object Network turns everything inside out!

Scenarios and Stories

To help visualise how the Object Network can fit into our digital lives, I've written some scenarios and stories:

• Here's a detailed walk-through of an everyday Object Network AR and IoT scenario
• How we could interact with the Internet of Things through Augmented Reality alongside Virtual Worlds
• Augmented Reality, Internet of Things: Exploring the Object Network
• A day in the life of an Object Network user

Internet of Things

• The Object Net for the IoT
• Read how just a simple URL-like "ID for every Thing!" could make your IoT much more visible

Virtual worlds in AR and VR

• More on Virtual Worlds
• Here's an imaginary review of the "Linkcraft" Virtual World
• Slide decks on the "Meta-Web" and "Linkcraft"

Slides

And here's a slide deck:

Technical bits

This site is aimed at non-techies, but here's some technical detail about how it works.

Read here about the Object Network Rule Language behind the graphical programming interface.

Older material

• An earlier version of ID for every Thing: A URL for every Thing
• In the UK or other Government? Read a Vision of Government as a Data Platform

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