The Bleeding Edge: 
How New and Upcoming Flash Technologies can Change Your Elearning
Augmented Reality (AR)
Ribbit
Google Maps
Cahlan Sharp
cahlan@sharpmedia.com
twitter: cahlan
Technologies newly introduced to or implemented in the Flash Player
"We have to accept as educators that technology is not really a choice; it has created a world [...] it has created [...] a completey new environment."
Yong Zhao
College of Education
Michigan State University
The merging of 3D objects with video input in real time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAvR2dJvZCc
Recently emerging on live, webcam video
Flash developers are already creating real-time AR applications using the FLARToolkit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS6r5d-0hZ8
http://ge.ecomagination.com/smartgrid/?c_id=googaugreal#/augmented_reality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JQnj5mMe0Q
Adobe Flash Collaboration Service (AFCS)
Utilizes Peer-2-Peer technology new to Flash Player 10
Allows for simpler and faster creation of Flash-based, P2P applications
WeTube
Spell It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tahTKdEUAPk&feature=player_embedded
Adobe Connect
Real time video chat
Collaborative whiteboards
"Shared" learning interactions
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/flash/
Brand-new ActionScript API for full integration with Google Maps
Combine the deep, extensive resources available from Google Maps into eLearning (geo-locational learning experiences)
integrated VOIP into Flex applications
Voicemail, integrated helpdesk/support applications
Facebook ActionScript API
leverage existing social networks instead of "reinventing" them
don't need to be a Facebook application developer
Text Layout Framework
Brand-new text engine available in Flash Player 10
better multi-language support (including double-byte fonts)
Linked text containers (text flows between columns)
Increased formatting options, inline images

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/textlayout/
http://code.google.com/p/facebook-actionscript-api/
http://developer.ribbit.com/
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/afcs/
http://labs.adobe.com/showcase/afcs/
Some possible applications:
virtual textbooks
AR-enhanced exhibits (living dinosaurs)
geo-locational learning experiences
others?

http://wistechnology.com/articles/2416/
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=45645&CFID=9272510&CFTOKEN=33424383
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=34568&CFID=9272510&CFTOKEN=33424383
Limitations:
currently in "beta"
only 25 concurrent users (currently)
3 GB bandwidth (in+out) per month
no screen sharing (yet)
Flex-only
Some possible applications:
virtual classrooms
collaborative learning interactions
collaborative educational games
others?

Questions?
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/facebook/