was hooked. Almost 15 years ago I started the Internet club at school
back when the word internet was capitalised. I knew this was the future.
I couldn't guess at the marketisation of the internet. I didn't expect
everyone else to become interested in what I was interested in. It made
sense to sell books online but I couldn't believe that people would buy
clothes online. But around the turn of the new millenium the dotcom
industry exploded. In 2010 we're about to see another explosion of
technology the computing technorati have been aware of for a while but
the people new little about.
I certainly couldn't have imagined Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and rheir
ilk. This is the modern mini-revolution. The social network revolution.
I percieved the value of easy interconnection between people spread
across the world but assumed that would be achieved by email rather than
whole new platforms and technologies developed.
Now I'm trying once again to peer into the murky future of technology.
My crystal ball is still murky but I feel that socialisation will take a
step forward in the ANW.
The simplest thing is the transfer of personal details. People still
have to enter contact details when they're standing next to each other.
Bluetooth hasn't really taken off in the UK for whatever reason. The AR
business card with a marker on was a big viral last year. It feels just
as easy for a marker to appear on one person's screen and the other to
use their camera to recognise it however perhaps I'm missing something
in AR marker technology.
In the ANW with accurate location information it will be much simpler.
People can opt to have an icon appear on demand or permanaently
displayed above them in the ANW virtual space. A person need only click
on the icon on their screen or with finger point recognition they can
gesture at the icon and get the details instantly into their PIM system.
A lot of people are lazy in their socialisation. While Facebook allows
people to keep in touch across the world it doesn't make meeting people
nearby easier. New proximity social network platforms will bring
likeminded people in the local area closer together. Sites like
meetup.com may already be considering making their site AN-ready so
people can meet up conveniently in their region.
Things may go a step further. People may start buying clothes that only
exist in the ANW. This may meld with Second Life. People want to dress
well to impress and to show off. At the cutting edge of fashion this is
taken to an extreme. There's no reason why a fashion designer shouldn't
extend their garments into the virtal space of the ANW. It's a wholly
new medium for them to explore and it 's boundless in creative options.
AN clothing can move and flicker in time to the music like a cyberdog
shirt. After all, such frivolity is used by animals when seeking a
partner. The dance music scene still enjoys an enamour with creative
clothing with each genre and generation having a different style. Glow
sticks may be replaced by FFT algorithms that make exciting patterns in
time to the music in the ANW for people around to see and often with the
intention of attracting a mate. Such people may also turn on their AN
identifier so people can get their details to meet them after the rave
or gig.
There will be more though. I think this has been such a growth area in
the internet and it will continue into the ANW future. For example AN
telepresence where avatars replace the human form may be what people
want instead of video calls. A person can always present a perfect
image, easier done with voice than with real visual imagery, but even
easier with an electronic mask that responds humanly to emotions and
gestures but has perfect skin and perfect looks - even when the person
has just got out of bed.
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