The Future Of Creative Technologies Conference Abridged
1. the Future of Creative
Technologies Conference
technology workshop
Jerry Fishenden
2. ... our mission ...
... to consider high level issues facing
researchers, industry and policy makers today
3. some starters ...
• convergence / divergence;
• the conjoining of the real and digital worlds,
including new modalities of interaction;
• the Internet as ubiquitous, pervasive grid;
• robotics;
• security, privacy and identity;
• people, society, localism and technology ...
versus State-ist / regulatory models
8. re-thinking “computing”
• interact using …
– speech and non-speech sounds
– gestures and tactile interfaces
– navigation through context
(glancing)
– physiological means
• support for multiple
modalities
12. intelligent environments
• office, home and public
buildings running embedded
technologies:
– controlling lighting, heating
(energy efficiency) and security
– entertainment (music/film etc
following you around the
house)
– dynamically moving calls and
content between desk/mobile
phones, PCs other devices
• public environments
– knowing you’re there
– telling you what’s available
13. .. it’s getting personal!
• lifetime stores of
everything:
– articles, books,
cards, CDs,
letters, memos,
papers, photos,
pictures,
presentations,
home movies,
videotaped
lectures, voice
recordings,
phone calls, IM
transcripts,
television,
radio ….
(mylifebits)
14. identity, security, privacy …?
subscribes to
shops at
Vodaphone
(source: mobile phone) Morrisons
(source: loyalty card and
credit card)
overweight
(source: connected
bathroom scales)
alcoholic
(source: The Red Lion
EPOS)
iPod owner
(source: RFID tag
fashion victim
(source: street CCTV)
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17. 2008 Jerry Fishenden
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