http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/blog/celebrating-georges-méliès-patron-saint-of-augmented-reality
Celebrating Georges Méliès, "Patron Saint Of Augmented Reality"
by Helen Papagiannis
December 08, 2011
"At a time when cinema was about documenting actualities, magician and pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès extended the medium in incredibly novel ways to conjure impossible realities and define bold new conventions for film.
"Méliès imagined fantastical worlds in his films, where the marvelous reigned over the mundane, inanimate objects became animate and forms forever shifted, disappeared and reappeared—nothing was fixed or impossible. Through the medium of film, Méliès created enchanted realities.
"Today, on what would have been Méliès’ 150th Birthday, (((really, no kidding Helen, wow etc))) I crown George Méliès the patron saint of Augmented Reality (AR). I often reference Méliès in my AR exhibits, articles and public talks, emphasizing the importance of such creative adventurers today to help guide AR’s fantastic future.
"So what would have been a fitting birthday gift for Méliès? I suggest an AR banana phone...."
