Ambient Life – Animated Vision Of The Future

http://www.datavisualization.ch/showcases/ambient-life

by 3pt14159 • 17 years ago

14 4 17 years ago

Original source: http://www.theqbf.com/?p=project&id=theambientlife

I like the aesthetic, but I didn't see anything particularly insightful here. Yes, we're working on P2P networks to augment existing networks, and functionality is constantly moving into the cloud. But having a human doctor monitor your vitals 24/7 remotely? Replacing emergency responders' communication devices with those flimsy video chat things? I'm not convinced.

Also, it really bugged me that the woman had wireless medical sensors in her clothing, but no cell phone or equivalent.

dmix• 17 years ago

I agree, it spent a lot of time on 3d interfaces and bandwidth sharing (yawn) and the health monitoring approach was poorly thought out.

I don't see this grabbing the interest of many futurists.

motters• 17 years ago

This is nice, but it's a very conservative estimate of the near future. Many of these things already exist to some extent, or seem likely to happen within five years or so.

bham• 17 years ago

Did they really need to have a f'in plane crash into a building?

Ambient Life – Animated Vision Of The Future

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