Trying to catch up on my reading (online of course) I came across a blog about an old commercial for an Atari home computer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryQZ9ZBD4rE.
Basically it the person was questioning how far we have come since this 1981 commercial and wondering if in another 25 years we’ll be questioning “Why did we ever play the PS3? How ancient and rough all the graphics look.” Ugg, remember centipede graphics?
Then I stumbled onto Virtual Me. A virtual world that Electronic Arts, the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company, and the Endemol group, a global leader in television and other audiovisual entertainment, will allow users to create likenesses of themselves to then use in online versions of Big Brother, 1 vs 100, Deal or No Deal and so on.
Sounds interesting. I love Big Brother, I want to go on the show, I could do it….or so I think. Now’s my chance. Next should be Survivor. All these reality shows that just don’t seem to go away no matter what the critics think will gain perhaps a whole new audience. Gamers.
I see kids using all sorts of little electronic toys (tamagotchi) and if they go online they get extra secret codes to plug back into the hand held game. Hand helds, tvs, groceries, everything we see, touch, use seems to have a www address somewhere that lets us expand our use, abilities and knowledge of the products. Everything exists in a virtual world too. If we could only figure out how to hook up the washroom to the computer then we’ll be all set to never have to leave our computers again. Not even for 1 minute.
Then I stumbled onto Virtual Me. A virtual world that Electronic Arts, the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company, and the Endemol group, a global leader in television and other audiovisual entertainment, will allow users to create likenesses of themselves to then use in online versions of Big Brother, 1 vs 100, Deal or No Deal and so on.
Sounds interesting. I love Big Brother, I want to go on the show, I could do it….or so I think. Now’s my chance. Next should be Survivor. All these reality shows that just don’t seem to go away no matter what the critics think will gain perhaps a whole new audience. Gamers.
I see kids using all sorts of little electronic toys (tamagotchi) and if they go online they get extra secret codes to plug back into the hand held game. Hand helds, tvs, groceries, everything we see, touch, use seems to have a www address somewhere that lets us expand our use, abilities and knowledge of the products. Everything exists in a virtual world too. If we could only figure out how to hook up the washroom to the computer then we’ll be all set to never have to leave our computers again. Not even for 1 minute.