I have already mentioned the incredible things you already can or will be able to do with your mobile phone in the future, like playing virtual games in reality, use it as a personal assistant who knows everything about your preferences and never says against you, or as a mean to meet new friends and find out the information about everything and everyone you see in reality by filming it. And all of this only through your phone!
What about Internet? According to Sven Tollmien and the examples he brought up at his lesson, you will soon be able to do things like picture- or question based search (for example pasting in a picture in order to find a match or typing in a question instead of key words as today), or attend a guided virtual tour for example through Berlin directly through your computer. Through the Internet you will also be able to put together your outfit based on style, form and color.
Interactive TV is also becoming more and more popular these days. Already today we see some forms of interactive TV, when you can skip the commercials, flush forwards or watch many programs in one screen. And this area will grow and develop much more in the future. One example could be that if you watch a certain film in the future and really like the clothes that one of the actors is wearing in the movie, the interactive TV can with help of picture based search give you the suggestions on where to buy this or similar kind of clothes.
These are just some of the future products according to Sven presented during the lecture. Well, quite impressive, isn’t it? The technology does really not stop surprising us! But have we thought how this upcoming technology might affect us in the future? My personal question is about what will happen to our private relationships? I mean who needs parents and teachers if you can easily access all information by typing in the necessary questions in your computer or by wearing a contact lens that can identify and give you information about all objects you see around you? Who needs friends if you can let website choose your outfit for the night out, play amusing and interactive games on you cell phone or have a label on a beer bottle to tell you that you are too drunk to drive home on your own? And who needs relationships if the mystery will be taken away by the technical devises and websites like aka-aki, that can reveal any personal information about the other person just from a picture (that you for instance can take with your mobile phone)or measure his/her feelings and grade of happiness at any point?
It was also mentioned during the lesson that the new generation has already started to think about the 5th screen; where it should be placed, how it should look and function and how can the problem be solved technically.
But how about this? How about your own eyes as the 5th screen? Old-fashioned? Indeed! But at least it might bring you back to the time when personal face-to-face relationships were still important, both you’re your parents, your friends and your partner.
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