WELCOME TO THE OFFICE OF THE FUTURE AND THE HOME OF THE FUTURE...where screens and info and entertainment are pervasive --and search and discovery are transparent by Joyce Schwarz, blogging at www.hollywood2020.blogs.com. Part two of four of Joyce Schwarz presentation at Digital Hollywood previewing the panel on The future of Search & Personalization fall, 2006 at Loews' Santa Monica Hotel.
WORKPLACE OF THE FUTURE -- as depicted by the gurus at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill-- featuring tele-immersive systems.
HOME OF THE FUTURE -- MULTIPLE SCREEN INPUT
ENTERTAINMENT ROOM IN HOME OF THE FUTURE --courtesy of Philips Electronics depicting multiple screen inputs and delivery systems and 'transparent search'. Moving beyond the traditional 'home theatre'...to networked entertainment on demand.
ICONIC & PICTOGRAPH SEARCH....
ICONIC or PICTO-GRAPH SEARCH IS AS OLD AS THE CAVEMAN ERA--perfect for children who cannot read yet and international search when multiple language options are issues.
VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS & SEARCH
Virtual environments lend themselves to next-generation search and discovery...linking 'real-life' to the 'second-life' of games, immersive environments and even way-finding and 3D mapping systems. JPEG shows VIRTUAL MAGIC KINGDOM, AJAX HIVE 7 and CYBERWORLD
TELETEXT & TV -- SOCIAL TV on PC/TV...
Encyclopedia Britannica describes Teletext TV by saying: Although relatively unknown in North America, teletext is routine throughout Europe. Teletext uses the vertical blanking interval (see the section The picture signal: Wave form) to send text and simple graphic information for display on the picture screen. The information is organized into pages that are sent repetitively, in a round-robin fashion; a few hundred pages…
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