The Future of Publishing

This first video shows what's currently being developed right now for many magazines like Sports Illustrated. It's a rich hybrid of media magazine to be read on the next generation of tablet computers like the one coming from Apple.  Nothing surprising here -- it's just what is predictably coming given the popularity of multi-touch.

   

A more exciting and conceptual vision is this stunning razor-thin tablet concept video by Swedish media outfit Bonnier Group (publisher of U.S. magazines like Field & Stream and Popular Science).   You can see how they're distinguishing the consumable one-off magazine reading experience from the unending data streams we're used to reading on the web.   It also won't be long before these kinds of media screens are built into different surfaces at home, as well as in bars, restaurants, and kiosks where they've already begun to show up.