The Digital Reader

I found an interesting video by the design firm IDEO. It shows their 3 concepts for the future of digital books.

I just watched the video, and a couple details struck me as rather odd. I can’t recall the last time I saw a video that showed active collaboration on a concept e-reader. Do all these designers assume you will only create content computer, not an e-reader? The other odd thing is that the collaboration abilities of most of these concept e-readers are actually less than what you can do right now with a tablet. Concepts aren’t supposed to be behind the curve, and this one is.

The Future of the Book. from IDEO on Vimeo.