From an art perspective this is really neat. There may be a short lived second golden age of illuminated manuscripts that are also interactive. Something like the reactive book in Stephenson’s The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer. I could see amazing art books, and eventually… Happy Meal toys and magazine covers.
At one point digital watches were more expensive than some of the finest mechanical wrist watches of the same period. Eventually, they became premiums in Happy Meals and cereal boxes. Aluminum and Rayon were once super expensive. (I remember my grandmother had an aluminum broach that nobody thought to keep because it was aluminum, but once it was a super fancy piece of jewelry.) My parents bought the National Geographic with the sounds of whales, because it had a record in it.
They did the same for the first hologram cover issue of National Geographic. I didn’t run out and get Esquire’s e-ink magazine because, I don’t read the magazine. My point is, that the technology may become inexpensive and ubiquitous or stay a novelty.
I bet that many iterations from this, we may find something like this to be the backup display on vehicles and other devices where an interactive display is needed in an emergency. It is also how I picture the interface on simple semi-disposable items to be. Perhaps it will be on a label cuff we stick on a bulk food container at home, a luggage tag, or the side of medication (there is a good use for interactive paper). Likely, it will also be used on fancy business cards, advertisements, and pogs and collectible card games like.
