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So many images, so little of lasting use. The cost of making pictures is dwindling to next to zero. In
economical, cultural and political sense this signals disruption. New models are likely to emerge. We’re
keen to observe and better understand new manifestations of visual culture.
The following meta-trends are closely tied to imaging
Our world is changing
Text to Visual
readwrite
2D to 3D
Google • Project Tango
Look-at-me Age
SelfieCity Project
Know Everything
Information Overload
Emerging Imaging Trends
2015
Sochi Olympics • Camera Drone
New Perspectives
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• We live in the ‘look-at-me’ age. People want to capture their lives in the 3rd person: from selfies to dronies. We now want to include ourselves, or part of ourselves in the shot, in 360 x 360
• Action cameras are the perfect instrument for this era. The charm lies perhaps in its sublimated conveyance of self, its sneaky tolerable narcissism
• There is a hunt for new perspectives: action cameras, 360º ball cameras, wearable wrist drones. They make our ordinary lives look like Hollywood scenes
New Perspectives
Neil Harbisson ‘Eyeborg’
Ambient Capture
Panono • 360º camera ball
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• Ambient capture will become the new standard i.e. before/after, back/front and even 360 x 360 (photo and video)
• Imaging will join the Quantified Self movement. New data will be added to our images: e.g. heart rate, stress levels. This will add a whole new dimension to our most precious snaps and also serve as a trigger for capture
• Ambient data will be used visually communicate our emotions and feelings to loved ones
Ambient Capture
InFamous Second Son • Photo Mode
Photography in virtual worlds
3
• More and more photographers will look for inspiration and picture opportunities in virtual worlds
• Leading video game photographers are pushing the medium: Duncan Harris, Iain Andrews, James Pollock, Josh Taylor and Leo Sang
• New videogame consoles and games have built in capture modes for screenshots, even filters
Photography in virtual worlds
Zero Point • Virtual Reality Documentary
Immersive Storytelling
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• Today, the power of computing can provide spectacular realism and the promise of deeply interactive experience–in which the individual participant and the story framework become one
• Virtual and Augmented Reality will soon immerse us in a whole new world of interactive, participatory experiences
• Mobile and physical computing will allow us to tell and experience immersive stories in the real world: e.g. through gamification, projection mapping, AR
Immersive Storytelling
Sony • Project Morpheus
Resurrection of Virtual Reality
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• Virtual Reality is widely touted by visionaries as ‘the next computing platform’ and ‘a new medium’, after a failed first run in the 80s
• Oculus (Facebook), Samsung and Sony are pushing VR in the consumer market, first release expected in 2015
• Applications include cinema, virtual travel, trauma and phobia treatment, sports training and gaming
Resurrection of VR
Narrative Clip
Lifelogging
6
• Wearable devices that feature continuous capture are starting to emerge, logging everything we do during our day
• Large amounts of data can only be organised by smart computer algorithms that run in the cloud and employ machine vision
• Visual Search will help us find interesting and relevant events and augment our storytelling
Lifelogging
Automated Curation
As the amount of data from images is growing, we can no longer merely rely on our own eyes to extract relevant information from them. Machines, robots and thus algorithms are being deployed to help us. They will automate curation and select the most striking, relevant or aesthetic images to go with the context they are used in.
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• The digital world is suffering from information overload. The way to reduce the noise is through automated curation intelligence
• Automated curation is also personal and will make intelligent use of the context the user is in
• We already see the first applications of automated curation in marketing, video editing, photo management, journalism and entertainment
Automated Curation
Google • JetPac
Visual Search
If you are looking into innovative ways to browse and explore search engine results, visual search engines may provide exactly what you have been looking for. Simply input an image and the search engine will tell you what is on the image, show related results, similar images.
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• Visual Search makes images, not texts or speech, the starting point for exploration and discovery
• Popular application areas for visual search are photo collection management, security, medical, quality control, rights management and e-commerce
• No too far into the future, we can visually in real-time on our Augmented Reality glasses
Visual Search
Meshed Capture
A mesh network uses a network topology in which each node relays data for the network. All nodes cooperate in the distribution of data in the network. The sheer volume of cameras will soon be harassed by startups and companies who intelligently combine different camera sources to create interesting new visuals and tell stories.
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• Imaging is getting ubiquitous and pervasive, the camera has gone from a single lens to a world full of captures
• Shots and footage from multiple sources are being combined in interesting new ways
• Storytelling will be automated using intelligent computer algorithms
Meshed Capture
Jibo
Camera Personality
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• Knowledge of the context we, as the owner, are currently in will make devices more intimate and personal
• Soon, you will also command Siri and Cortana as your personal embedded photographer
• The first camera robots wil have a pet-like artificial intelligence (anyone remember Tamagotchi?)
Camera Personality
Imaging Trends 20151. New Perspectives
2. Ambient Capture
3. Photography in virtual worlds
4. Immersive Storytelling
5. Resurrection of Virtual Reality
6. Lifelogging
7. Automated Curation
8. Visual Search
9. Meshed Capture
10. Camera Personality
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