# Design New Realities {% hint style="info" %} The book gathers design knowledge for spatial computing in an approachable, up-to-date, and critical way. It is for designers of all experience levels. {% endhint %} {% hint style="warning" %} **This book is heavily under construction and has not publicly launched yet.** Book structure and content may change a lot. {% endhint %} Welcome, designers for the future, As we traverse through the twenty-first century, the entwining of our physical and digital realms via spatial computing is not merely a trend; it's becoming an intrinsic part of our reality. "Design New Realities" is conceived as your steadfast companion, curating a rich repository of knowledge, case studies, and guidelines to navigate this rapidly evolving field. **🎯 Why Immerse in 'Design New Realities'?** Spatial computing unites our physical and virtual worlds, demanding a design paradigm that is continuously evolving. In this light, "Design New Realities" aspires to: * **Bridge the Gap**: Conflate theoretical frameworks with applied practice, ensuring that the philosophical underpinnings of spatial computing are thoroughly intertwined with actionable, practical design guidelines. * **Illuminate Research**: Offer insightful navigation through the corpus of up-to-date design research, furnishing readers with a profound understanding of both foundational and avant-garde principles in spatial computing design. * **Embark on Case Studies**: Navigate through an array of comprehensive case studies, to not only elucidate successful applications of spatial computing design principles but also to dissect and learn from challenges and failures. **📘 A Living Archive** As an online book, "Design New Realities" pledges to be a living document, continually evolving and adapting to the ever-transforming vistas of spatial computing. Moreover, it endorses an interactive and immersive learning experience, where design students, professionals, and enthusiasts alike can explore, experiment, and even contribute towards the collective knowledge pool. \ Design New Realities is an online book project lead by [Botao Amber Hu](https://botao.hu/). --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://book.reality.design/design-new-realities.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.