{"id":1237,"date":"2007-04-03T15:30:37","date_gmt":"2007-04-03T19:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=1237"},"modified":"2007-04-11T13:59:03","modified_gmt":"2007-04-11T17:59:03","slug":"3pointd-wastes-time-with-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=1237","title":{"rendered":"3pointD Wastes Time With “Predictions”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I couldn’t help but roll my eyes at a recent post over on 3pointD (Link)<\/a> where the author, Mark Wallace, enlightens(?) readers with his “predictions”:<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Much of broadcast media will evolve to incorporate virtual worlds and geospatial technologies
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 The display of information will take on three dimensions where useful, and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll find ways to make 3D models and worlds useful in more and more areas
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 The physical world will stream digital information directly to mobile devices
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Lifelogging, geospatial technologies and the heightened expressive power of virtual worlds will make possible deeper communication between people<\/p>\n

These changes will come on at varying speeds, of course, and in varying degrees, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m pretty sure, looking out at the landscape of technology in development, the corporations interested in that technology, and the people who are already using what we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got, that those and probably more are on its way. (Bringing game-like feedback systems into non-game contexts, for example, is another change that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on its way, but it isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t specifically 3pointD, so I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not going to address it here.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ll keep my comments… gentle.
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1) Much of broadcast media will evolve to incorporate virtual worlds and geospatial technologies<\/strong><\/p>\n

So glaringly obvious this is not a prediction, afaic. And geospatial technologies… like what I spelled out over a year ago and which went well beyond<\/em> just broadcast media to include other corporate players:<\/p>\n

We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got the ability to inject advertising into online games\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and do it locally.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sorry. This bullet point isn’t worth my time, and I have difficulty imagining anyone reading it found this “prediction” especially insightful.<\/p>\n

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2) The display of information will take on three dimensions where useful, and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll find ways to make 3D models and worlds useful in more and more areas<\/strong><\/p>\n

More obviousness, afaic. And also discussed previously by myself and others. Here’s one from about a year ago that pushes on the edge of what he’s discussing in his related explanation:<\/p>\n

Then imagine what would happen if you mashed up a virtual world with an interactive space such that the environment was an assemblage of inter-communicating kirkyans and, as such, reactive and seemingly alive.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve little doubt others discussed\/predicted this convergence long before I posted that entry.<\/p>\n

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3) The physical world will stream digital information directly to mobile devices<\/strong><\/p>\n

Like getting the latest flight info on your PDA or cell phone when you arrive at the airport? Like the wireless devices I was helping design<\/a> in the mid-90’s? Or something like my socially-oriented RadTag concept<\/a> (now defined as a “blogject” since it dates back to 2004) which senses radiological hazards and streams warning information in real time to anyone wearing one? Like spimes and kirkyans<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Next.<\/p>\n

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4) Lifelogging, geospatial technologies and the heightened expressive power of virtual worlds will make possible deeper communication between people<\/strong><\/p>\n

Increasingly real simulation along with improvements in connectivity will improve communication? Really?<\/p>\n

I’m not sure exactly how to express my mock shock at this startling<\/em> thought.<\/p>\n

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Y’know, I think Mr. Wallace should spare us all his predictions and stick to his busy job of relaying journalistic stories instead of wasting time (assuming that this was really about that at all).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I couldn’t help but roll my eyes at a recent post over on 3pointD (Link) where the author, Mark Wallace, enlightens(?) readers with his “predictions”: \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Much of broadcast media will evolve to incorporate virtual worlds and geospatial technologies \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administrative"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}