The next big thing that I see coming in the new media world is a virtual reality networking platform. Virtual reality and augmented reality are both two growing technologies in many aspects of our society. For virtual reality, we put on a set of goggles that will take us to another dimension, or a virtual reality. The way I see this happening is something like that of Animal Crossing on the switch. People will be able to create their own characters, who can look like they do in person or can be designed whatever character of their imagination. Maybe for security purposes, the user will have to take a selfie and the platform would create the virtual character for that person. People will have the ability to meet anyone they want, sort of like our social media now. The main difference is that you will be able to explore the world around you and be able to interact with others. You're no longer in a 2-D platform, you will now be in a 3-D environment. Right now, the technologies are not at that level or are too costly to work with. But I expect we should see something like this within the next decade, if not definitely by 2050.
Blogs and wikis were some of the first new media that began to grow since the start of the internet. Both allow users to write down information and make it public for others on the internet to go through it. Blogs, on the one hand, are a bit more personal. You can think of them as a personal webpage. On the other hand, wikis are more information-based and used to talk about a particular topic or area. Furthermore, wikis allow for multiple people to collaborate and work on a similar project. This can be great for companies or departments who have many people on it. Wikis can be seen as a grassroots project that people can contribute to, and blogs can be where you talk about a piece of work or topic that you're interested in. One particular blog site that I used to use a lot a few years back was Tumblr. Yahoo decided to buy them out. However, the company has seen its user growth flatten during the past few months, according to the article. What the company started to see is where ...
Hey Marvin,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading through this post! Your idea to merge the internet’s capabilities with a virtual reality is not a business idea, it is truly an “industry” idea. The merger between augmented and virtual reality can pave the way for an entire industry worth of revenues and profits! I believe the merger of these two realities will come from the military, similar to how the internet was created. This is due to the fact that the military department in America has such high budgets that can afford to experiment and fail with merging the two a couple of times before creating a successful product or mechanism. Overall, great thinking!
Sincerely,
Scott.
Hello Marvin,
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great idea. Especially during times like this, Animal Crossing has becoming super popular with many players. This idea people creating their own characters seems like a real life video game! People would definitely love to get into this idea in the near future. Cool concept.
Best Regards,
Jesse