On Mon, 15 Jan 2007, Karen Watters Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Explains the popularity of TiVo, doesn't it? People just trying to >weed out some of the visual clutter in everyday life. > >Does this seem to blur the line between what is tactile real and what >is virtual reality? Since I am taking care of elders who are losing >sight and hearing, among other things, it strikes me that moving cars >on the sides of buildings would confuse senior drivers and floors that >move like a movie screen would unsettle more than just the happy hour >crowd at restaurants. > >You know, I don't recall in the science fiction movies/series that >there was a lot of advertisement in the future. Maybe as a punishment? Well, science fiction fans will tell you, the "sci-fi" on TV and movies does not qualify as the real thing. In written SF, the advertising of the future will curl your hair. It is injected everywhere, by every means, including direct projection into the brain. There are little micromechanisms, like mechanical insects, which are pumped out in the billions, and can fly around randomly, landing on surfaces and laser-projecting ads onto any nearby wall. There are commercials interjected into every phone call, painted on the roads, broadcasting from speakers into the streets as you walk by, projected by spotlights onto the clouds at night, and of course, plowed onto the surface of the moon. And many many more that I can't recall now. -Pete V _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
