it so happened
Present yourself at seven in the morning. Give name and id number for book keeping. Meet the workers. Observe the difference of social interaction: It begins fluently and open. You are asked about your family, relatives, residence. You answer, they reply in remembrance. You feel at ease. They don't know your person. They know your past, fluently. Unlike elsewhere there are almost no pauses in discussion but an instant firing of questions. Here pretentious etiquette does not apply - you have already thought about it, no reason not to ask. They shake your hand and smile and you feel their smile is true. As the hands untangle from one another you make the calculations, you compare: hundreds of handshakes, smiles, nods. The aforementioned thought is valid. The workers are split into teams and you help your group (consisting of two more people) to mount the truck with the necessary tools. Visit the assigned post and collect the objects told. En route, proceed with social interaction. Wh...
Wow! Interesting concept. You think this will happen?
ReplyDeleteThat is one quality video, well done to you sir.
ReplyDeleteI personally find this concept frightening, if everything becomes digital and we become engrossed in this avatar world then we lose touch with actual reality.
Although this concept makes sense and by all means could become true, i still cant help but think the general public will find it hard to get to grips with a completely digital world.
The future is therefore the matrix, we literally plug ourselves into virtual worlds where we can be and do anything we want to.
But its still digital, it isn't reality...it is a representation of reality and people living dreams in false environments, tricking themselves into believing this is all true...
With immersive interaction in virtual worlds (touching something, breeze of the wind, peripheral vision, physical activity) then maybe this would seem more appealing to the public.
Also i seem to remember john rimmer stating an article in his presentation about the population being scared of computers:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3158170.stm
Surely we need to get rid of this fear first!