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A message from 4 years in the future...
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A message from 4 years in the future... // Roundtable
Post by W!ZARD // Feb 7, 2008, 6:41pm
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"Hi my name's Joe Public.
I just bought this super-hoopy new cyborg avatar* and was walking it down Caligari Street*, Virtual Earth*, when I saw this amazing building*. One whole wall was covered with this incredibly beautiful picture* of this cute little kid hanging on a string from this puffy cloud - it was awesome so I walked my cyborg* into the virtual building* - it was called Splinters Virtual Emporium and everywhere I looked were these amazing images* this Splinter guy had made. I walked up to the interface unit* and entered my credit number. Instantly the electronic version of Splinters amazing childrens books* were downloaded to my hard drive. I even order a couple of printed hard copies to be sent to my poor cousin who's still on dial up!
The shop was really busy, lots of other avatars* in there. One guy told me about another cool shop/site* called Steinies Place were this other guy had these terrific rendered cartoon images*. This avatar even had one of these images* on his virtual t-shirt* showing this funky duck and all these drunken insects*.
Back out on Caligari street I saw some amazing vehicles* and the sky was full of spaceships* and hot air balloons*, floating over the buildings*....."
*(Made and textured and/or animated with trueSpace, using v-ray and other off-line renderers). |
Post by Délé // Feb 7, 2008, 6:52pm
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Hi,
I too checked out that cool kids book store. I liked it so much that I signed my kids up for "Buddy World". The online interactive 3d world based off of those cool books.
Seeing as it's 2012, I figured I had better learn more about the Mayan Calendar and why it ends this year. So I was hanging out on some of the Mayan pyramids talking to some experts. Turns out the calender doesn't end, it just starts over. Just like our calender starts over every year. I learned a lot about Mayan culture and saw all kinds of cool Mayan art.
Well, I have to go. I have to meet some colleagues deep in the ocean to discuss our latest research on the giant humboldt squid. I have a cool interactive presentation to give.
Later,
Mr. Scientist |
Post by butterpaw // Feb 7, 2008, 6:52pm
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That was nice W!ZARD .. reading all the stuff earlier left me confused and headachey ... this was quite refreshing and fun :D |
Post by TheWickedWitchOfTheWeb // Feb 8, 2008, 4:51am
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I cried as the children read those books on the screen that had just been purchased virtually and downloaded. I was sad looking at the excessively obese, pale, sickly children, remembering a time when everyone, not just children, actually interacted with each other, not just a mouse and a widget. When friends were REAL people, not a handful of polygons on a screen. When you went out and enjoyed and experienced what the cities, towns, villages and countryside had to offer for real, not just an idealistic rendering on a screen. I remember the time before all you did all day was sit on the sofa and interact with the screen that the life expectancy of an average human was above thirty five.
Virtual living? That's not living. If that's the future I want out. |
Post by TylerZambori // Feb 8, 2008, 4:55am
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A couple months ago I stopped by a coffee house in the early afternoon
because my car was getting worked on, and everyone in there was surfing the internet. Nobody was talking to anybody else, or even looking around.
I thought to myself that this was not a good development, for society
as a whole. |
Post by Délé // Feb 8, 2008, 4:58am
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Did I mention that at the meeting we are also setting up an expedition to do more studies. We've got a great ship rigged with all kinds of scientific gadgets ready to go. We'll be out in the Pacific for a month. We use the internet for many things, but we also get and do things as well. :)
I agree, a life spent entirely in a virtual world, isn't really a life. ;)
Sincerely,
Mr. Scientist |
Post by frootee // Feb 8, 2008, 5:13am
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I stopped by the bookstore, saw some fun stuff. It was nice to see technology pushed in a new direction, yet also knowing if I did not like it I could always make stuff the old fashioned way. With an offline renderer.
I said Hi to my online friends, then left to meet my friends at the beach for a good run. It was a beautiful day outside,
and the sand was firm enough that we wouldn't sink; yet not so hot we'd burn our feet. |
Post by stan // Feb 8, 2008, 5:45am
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I remember the time before all you did all day was sit on the sofa and interact with the screen that the life expectancy of an average human was above thirty five.
Virtual living? That's not living. If that's the future I want out.
that's for sure WWW..:)
I wonder what virtual online thing-a-ma-gig will go out and shovel my driveway today??? any takers? :rolleyes:
nothing like the real world..one can't stay in shape virtually,.so I'll just do it the old fashioned way. it's a nice day for a feburary in canada, so I will be strapping on my cross country skiis [once the driveway is done] and get some fresh air..;) |
Post by frank // Feb 8, 2008, 6:03am
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Thought you guys would enjoy this commercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v373r0to8Pk
:) |
Post by jayr // Feb 8, 2008, 6:08am
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nice one frank, i think that sums u my view of web 3d
the only places 3d works on the web right now are games like WoW. However if the whole MySpace/ Facebook thing carries on it could work there. Insted of a myspace page you could have a myPlace. wether as many people would use it is another matter. |
Post by W!ZARD // Feb 8, 2008, 6:57am
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I cried as the children read those books on the screen that had just been purchased virtually and downloaded. I was sad looking at the excessively obese, pale, sickly children, remembering a time when everyone, not just children, actually interacted with each other, not just a mouse and a widget. When friends were REAL people, not a handful of polygons on a screen. When you went out and enjoyed and experienced what the cities, towns, villages and countryside had to offer for real, not just an idealistic rendering on a screen. I remember the time before all you did all day was sit on the sofa and interact with the screen that the life expectancy of an average human was above thirty five.
Virtual living? That's not living. If that's the future I want out.
Future? If you want to be bleak and apocalyptic about it Kate, that's not the future that's what's happening now!
A significant proportion of us already spend hours in front of a computer - the only difference between now and 4 years time is a whole lot more of the online content will be in 3d instead of two.
A couple months ago I stopped by a coffee house in the early afternoon because my car was getting worked on, and everyone in there was surfing the internet. Nobody was talking to anybody else, or even looking around.
I thought to myself that this was not a good development, for society
as a whole.
The other week I went to a local pub - half the clientele was playing one armed bandits, the other half were watching a game on the big screen TV - Nobody was talking to anyone else or even looking around. On the bus on the way home half the people were listening to their Ipods the other half were sending SMS messages on their phones - no one was looking out the window or talking to anyone else....I thought isn't it amazing how incredibly adaptable people are and how we can now interact with each other in so many different ways. SMS, internet chat, ........ |
Post by TheWickedWitchOfTheWeb // Feb 8, 2008, 7:04am
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Exactly, it's happening now - we, as a race, should be curbing it as it's escalating out of control and will only damage us as a species. Why do you want to encourage further advancements to our ultimate decline?
Apocolyptically bleak? Realist. Just trying to wake up and smell the coffee before it's too late. |
Post by Délé // Feb 8, 2008, 7:13am
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This has kind of turned into a philosophical debate on whether or not the internet is bad or good. I find it ironic that we are debating this on the internet itself. :p Anyway, I don't think it's inherently bad or good. It will be good so long as it's used to enhance our lives, not restrict them. Advancements can allow both to occur, it's up to the individual to find the balance in their own lives. |
Post by W!ZARD // Feb 8, 2008, 9:15am
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Once again well said Délé
Seeing as we've ventured into the philosophical.....
There was once a farmer who was considered rich by his neighbours because he had a horse.
One day, the horse jumped the fence and ran away and was lost. The neighbours, looking over the fence and seeing the horse gone said: "Ooh! That's bad luck!"
The farmer shook his head and smiled and said: "Good news, bad news who can tell?"
The next day, the farmers horse returned to its field and bought with it a wild horse. The neighbours, looking over the fence and seeing not one but two horses said: "Oooh! That's good luck!"
The farmer shook his head and smiled and said: "Good news, bad news who can tell?"
The following day the farmer's oldest son was out trying to break in the new horse. He was thrown to the ground and broke his leg. The neighbours, looking over the fence, seeing the young man in agony said: "Ooooh! That's bad luck!"
The farmer shook his head and smiled and said: "Good news, bad news who can tell?"
The next day, the Kings Soldiers can to town, looking for conscripts for an unjust war in a far off land. They couldn't take the Farmers oldest son because his leg was broken.
Good news, bad news who can tell? |
Post by splinters // Feb 8, 2008, 9:56am
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I don't like the bleak vision of the future centred around an imaginary account involving my Buddy World books...:(
I prefer the vision of Parent and child viewing them online before ordering the hard copy. When a parent needs a laptop to read a bedtime story...it will be a very sad day indeed.
Room for both in my virtually real world...:D Something to read on your media device on the bus ride to school and a nice hardback copy on the shelf of your bedroom bookcase...:D:D |
Post by transient // Feb 8, 2008, 2:12pm
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I don't like the bleak vision of the future centred around an imaginary account involving my Buddy World books...
Maybe Buddy World is responsible for creating Skynet? I can just see a bunch of killer cyborgs appearing over the horizon being carried by pink balloons..... |
Post by splinters // Feb 8, 2008, 2:20pm
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Oh my god...you are right!! |
Post by butterpaw // Feb 8, 2008, 2:37pm
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ROFL.. you really did make me laugh! :D
Thanks.. been a stressful few days.. not so much because of the news but because of all the anxiety it aroused in so many people! :p
I turned the positivity switch to 'on' at the beginning of 2008.. and it's stuck there - so things had just better go really well! :rolleyes: |
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