Connected Communities - Open.doc
Connected Communities - Closed.doc
both of these files run a bit long, so i'm open to judicious pruning. would also love feedback on whether devices and applications are obvious.
CC_trends.xls - it needs work (there are some pieces missing, such as security) but i wanted to put something up
Description
Stories
“I’m late!” whispered Cindy to her two best friends. Jane and Vince shook their heads. “We warned you about staying out here alone with Jimmy Masters after the credits. Strength in numbers and all that.”
Two more cars joined the circle, and ten oily teenagers began to negotiate in the empty lot behind Wal-Mart.
“I’d like to see that old one.”
“Oh, that narrows it down.”
After a handful of suggestions, Cindy and her friends took a vote, and the first “New Doctor Who” movie, the one starring Christopher Eccleston, was chosen. Lane ran a search on her iView, selected the widescreen version, and confirmed that the device was communicating clearly with the computer in Harry’s new black truck. Harry unloaded the screen from the back of his truck, and Sarah helped him set it up about twenty feet in front of the truck. Harry pushed the button, and the movie started up. Everyone hurried to fix their earpieces; the neighbors had called the police before for noise violations.
Sixteen blocks away, Cindy’s mother pressed the red button on the keyboard and nodded in satisfaction when she saw a green line light up around the tiny square on the computer screen. Cindy’s mother was relieved to see that her daughter was at the empty lot where the neighborhood kids gathered to watch movies. Certainly she wouldn’t get into any trouble there.
It is late Sunday afternoon and Katie hits the junction to Bakersfield on her way on the five. Another 100 miles left to their home in Santa Monica. Her husband Mike passed away 4 years ago after he got hit in an accident at a construction site in Europe. He was one of the engineers helping the Europeans to build their new ultra fast trains. She always told him that she’s not believing in this public transportation thing. And than it hit him of all people!
The only thing she does not have to worry about is her livelihood as Mike left a fortune. So she’s driving in her new Mercedes-Benz Grand Sports Tourer with her 12 and 7 year old kids Dan and his sister Max, lost in thoughts about the past and the future of her beloved kids.
Dan is finishing his maths assignments for Monday morning, that he has to send to his math teacher before midnight. He is consulting with other friends sitting at home over the team work application that his school sponsors beginning in junior high. Every time he starts chatting with other girls driving by (and then splurging to his friends at home sending them the girls avatar) his sister squeals to his Mom. He hates her for that and decided not to talk to her anymore for the whole drive. She’s playing this location oriented quiz against other 7 year olds driving in the vicinity. Every time she doesn’t know the answer she asks him, but he resolves to stay steadfast to declines every approach of her until they are at home. Katie is happy that she can trust the game manufacturer so that they learn at least something while quarreling with each other.
A great cacophony of beeps and whirls and came from the backseat but not a peep from either child. Their Christmas presents (one identical WizzyVid200 for each) captured most of their attention but this devotion would probably last only a few more days until they noticed again that they sit in close proximity and regularly annoy each other on our short drives.
This new batch of playthings were promising though. Of course, there were the underlying educational benefits to the WizzyVid200, especially with the available modules associated with the kids schooling plan and the Discovery Channel series. The true value of the device though was its "What you see is what you get" feature, allowing the kids to engage in any sort of location dependent inquiry. It certainly helped to answer the perennial questions, "are we there yet?" and what "what is that?". They were learning whether they knew it or not and the included ChildLoc fitering service put my mind at ease about their virtual well-being.
I think I want one too.
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Mr. Smith was always surprised by the amount of charges for augmented communication on his monthly services bill. He had signed up for the unlimited plan of course but the occasional bells and whistles that he was offered and he accepted on his daily commute were additional and certainly added up.
Work reimbursed his vBank acount for the requisite f2f conferencing and telestrator but the multigame and vidporn activities were his own financial responsibilities. A pseudonym was billed for these "other" charges so his wife and work wouldn't know of his additional distracting driving habits.
Trends and Milestones
Technical
PRO Scenario
- Car becomes wireless node in a connected environment
- cars are not individual environments:WFI and WMAX will play a big role
- ubiquitous and platform independent access to content
- significant local storage (HD)
- biometrics plugs you in the network
- virtually everybody is connected to the internet
- car becomes hub for mobile devices
- car as customizable platform for various easy to plug in modules
- car provides interface for portable media/communication device and supports these with in the car integrated input and output devices / big screens,
- personal entertainment zones
- Location based services
- location based services will come soon
- business modell of disembodied content in combination of location based services
- Content become mored diverse
- personal generated content will become important / new business modells
- collaborative filtering
comment:
DESIGN CAR AS ENTERTAINMENT PLATFORM
- identifying standards
- supporting them across the entire product line
- good outreach to the community to get people to either develop to those platforms
- retarget existing development
- exchangable big CPU module stays in the car
CON Scenario
- Security as essential prerequisite for a working wireless connected system
- confidentiality
- integrity
- availability
pro
- Social networking mobile and on the fly
- between passengers in the car
- between known and unknown passengers in other cars or other locations
- daily life is unplanned, very spontenious
- sponteniuos flexible interconnected swarms will be created and dissolve with the occasion
- widely distributed personal networks / friendships/ role that someone acts becomes independent from place where they are
- chat / also multicar
- multiplayer games
- distant multi people collaboration (avatar based without desktop computer)
- Edutainment
- Education is more relevant to a widespread population
- growth in live long learning
- Parents/kids
- Parents want kids appropriately absorbed/appeased in the back with enter/edutainment and practicing their social skills
- parents are happy if kids are sozializing in a healthy way
comment:
People like to bring their mobile media devices with the information (contacts,songs) to the car instead of having an extra preinstalled one but it has to be integrated in the car
con
- people miss face2face communication
- Connected Loneliness
- Automotive equivalent of Flash Mobs? But for what purpose?
- Demonstrations?
- Organize blockades of ports or oil refineries (as in the case of the 2000 UK fuel protests?
- Raves, Rave Parties (or 2015 equivalent)?
- Performance art? -- see Happenings
- Demonstrations?
White Board Notes
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