This theme investigates the impact of what happens when we can capture and have easy access to the events and details of our everyday lives. There are a few projects planned on this theme, but we will only describe here the JLBT (Just Like Being There) project.

JLBT is a planned system that would allow for the capture and access of everyday (and some not-so-everyday) experiences using lightweight head-mounted cameras, GPS (global positioning system) units, and maps. Uses for JLBT include vacation capture, trip planning, and possibly education. It is hoped that this will be the basis for a more generalized experience capture system based on personal video capture.

The key areas of interest here are not so much in the building of these devices as they are mostly engineering issues (other than user interface issues) but the social impact once such systems are in wide deployment and the daunting task of actually finding information that is needed.

JLBT has been prototyped (for a feasibility study) and can be demonstrated, although the work is too early in this stage for publication.