Becoming Ubiquitous
Flemming Funch
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u·biq·ui·ty
• Existence or apparent existence everywhere at the same time; omnipresence
• the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)
• everywhereness
ubiquitous technology
• Electrical power
• Cellphone service
• Internet access
• Wifi
• SMS
• GPS
• .... invisible computers everywhere?
ubiquitous people
• How about if it is you who will become ubiquitous, rather than invisible, autonomous computers?
Presence
• The condition or fact of being present
• Behavior through which one reveals one's personality
• The state of being where one is
Telepresence
• The quality of sensory feedback from a teleoperator or telerobot to a human operator such that the operator feels present at the remote site
• Meaning "long distance presence," it refers to a videoconference session that feels like a live meeting. Notable features are multiple screens positioned at the other side of the conference table and a high-quality directional audio system. The screens are large enough to render people in life-size or near-life-size proportions, and the audio comes from a loudspeaker located near the person talking. Conference rooms may also be designed to optimize the acoustics so that remote participants sound like they were sitting in the room.
Transparent Telepresence
• We define Transparent Telepresence as the experience of being fully present at a live real world location remote from one's own physical location. Someone experiencing transparent telepresence would therefore be able to behave, and receive stimuli, as though at the remote site. The resulting vicarious interactive participation in activities, and the carrying out of physical work, will bring benefits to a wide range of users. Examples include the emergency and security services, entertainment and education industries, and those of restricted mobility such as the disabled or elderly.
• http://www.telepresence.strath.ac.uk/telepresence.htm
you
Which part is you?
eyesears
armslegs
name
clothes
computer car
house
websitecity
twitter feed
facebook profile
spousechildren
job
nationality
humanity
peripherals
sensors
technology
you
Which part is you?
eyesears
armslegs
name
clothes
computer car
house
websitecity
twitter feed
facebook profile
spousechildren
job
nationality
humanity
peripherals
sensors
technology
What are the criteriafor considering something part of you?
• Simple, reliable controls• Sensory feedback• It is yours• You like it
Being there
• Seeing is not enough
Perceptions
Temperature
Texture
Vibration
Pressure
Weight
Position
Structure
Mass
Density
Movement
Balance
Pitch
Tempo
Rhythm
Volume
Duration
Intensity
Tonality
Harmony
Fading
Stereo
Location
Size
Distance
Brightness
Color
Framing
Dimension
Clarity
Focus
Shape
Reflectiveness
Contrast
KinestheticAuditoryVisual
Looking at the world
Limits of Attention
• 7 +/- 2 simultaneous chunks (George Miller)
• But what is a chunk?• A picture is worth a thousand words
Give me...
• More channels• More bandwidth• More perceptions• More integration• More control
Which do you want?• Invisible
• Autonomous
• DRM
• Pre-programmed
• Artificial intelligence
• Information
• Perceptible
• You´re in control
• You own it
• Customizable
• Amplified intelligence
• Perception
Taking things for granted
“…. And finally, and this is the thing that I think is the real freakout, is ubiquity. The web has been growing for a long, long time. And so some people had web access, and then lots of people had web access, and then most people had web access.
But something different is happening now. In many situations, all people have access to the network. And "all" is a different kind of amount than "most." "All" lets you start taking things for granted.
Now, the Internet isn't everywhere in the world. It isn't even everywhere in the developed world. But for some groups of people -- students, people in high-tech offices, knowledge workers -- everyone they work with is online. Everyone they're friends with is online. Everyone in their family is online.
And this pattern of ubiquity lets you start taking this for granted….”
- Clay Shirky, A Group is Its Own Worst Enemy, 2004
Imagine• Being in several places at once• Feeling buildings• Seeing all traffic in the city• Perceiving the world´s statistics all at
once• Seeing everything and everyone in your
life in the periphery
Where do you stop?
Flemming Funch
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