Second Earth is a very long article I read on technologyreview.com about Metaverse, the future of data representation embedded into a virtual reality almost real world like internet-worked together, yes something like that. The author of this article is Wade Roush.
This article is about all the possibilities that could happen if two or more of the existing technologies should merge into one single virtual earth. Here is a very short summary of the article. The writer talked about what could happen or the possibilities that we can attain by integrating several technologies such as live feeds into the base maps that are already in existence. An example that was stated is the integration of second life and Google earth. This article goes on and on about other possibilities that scientists and engineers are trying to create in order to replicate the real life.
This article is a well documented the author stated a lot of references to further explain and prove his/her findings, the author used a lot of hyperlinks that links to either external video, or external articles, or external web pages that contains the information that the author is trying to portray. In addition to that the author used necessary graphics that will help users to understand what he or she is saying, an example is a screen shot of second life.
The author had a lot to say and the whole article is well arranged in such a way that you evolve with the technology, what I mean by that is that the author started with sort of history and personal experience to the possibilities that can be attained if the technology was Improved.
This article is about all the possibilities that could happen if two or more of the existing technologies should merge into one single virtual earth. Here is a very short summary of the article. The writer talked about what could happen or the possibilities that we can attain by integrating several technologies such as live feeds into the base maps that are already in existence. An example that was stated is the integration of second life and Google earth. This article goes on and on about other possibilities that scientists and engineers are trying to create in order to replicate the real life.
This article is a well documented the author stated a lot of references to further explain and prove his/her findings, the author used a lot of hyperlinks that links to either external video, or external articles, or external web pages that contains the information that the author is trying to portray. In addition to that the author used necessary graphics that will help users to understand what he or she is saying, an example is a screen shot of second life.
The author had a lot to say and the whole article is well arranged in such a way that you evolve with the technology, what I mean by that is that the author started with sort of history and personal experience to the possibilities that can be attained if the technology was Improved.
To contribute and respond to this article I will say that we should draw a solid line between what we want and what we need. A second Earth is some kind of fantasy dream that we all want probably because we want more control over our life, or because we want another shot at life maybe to attain what we cannot attain in the real world. What we need is something that will make life easy not replacing or mimicking it. Some sort of a metaverse that might put everything dynamically into one single place that will aid or improve our real life. A very good example is that of a real word base map, static or dynamic, overlaid with information that is useful to the user such as real time weather on the map, three dimensional illustrations of several locations which might allow users to maybe plan their trips or even have the same experience as to be at the location.
I agree with the author though, with the growing trend in the map, virtual reality, and earth like web based replicas of our planets, I have a feeling that something big is coming to our, but not sure when or how
But is this what we want or what we need?
2 comments:
I agree I see this Virtual Planet/Metaverse as a very real possibility in near future but I also feel with such a powerful thing there is bound to be set backs, only time will tell.
There will be set backs because it is too unnatural. Why would anyone want a full blown second life? what is wrong with your first life? When you die will it still exist? what will happen to your second life?
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