The Future Is Already Here
Dr. Michio Kaku talks on the future, year 2030
Allthough this video lasts an hour and four minutes I strongly recommend you start watch the first ten minutes, even though what I'll be talking about might be further into the video, I predict you will find the talk so interesting that you'll watch it until the end anyway. ;)
As he states in this video, "the future of the computer is to disappear". Your files will follow with you, and there will be no need for hard drives, usb, or pockets filled with hardware gadgets.
He also mentiones glasses that has full internet capability. You can download any website, watch any movie and send E-mail. They will also recognize people's faces. (Google recently showed this very feature in their promotional video for Project Glass.)
The images Dr.Kaku shows of these glasses in 2009 did indeed look like "refugees from Star Trek".
"In the future these glasses will be fashionable". They will either come with the glasses or be sold as an attachment. You will start to see celebrities and fashion models wearing these things.
For people who don't wear glasses, or don't want to use them, eventually the technology will be so advanced and small, it can be placed in your contact lenses.
What if you're in a foreign country and someone starts to speak to you in a foreign language that you don't understand. You will have subtitles appearing infront of you as the people are speaking.
Some technology like this exists already today. Youtube have some examples of this where text on signs can be translated where it stands, in apps for mobile phones.
Whether this technology is seen as ancient or new by the time I write this, is to me a mystery because I don't own a cell-phone with app-capabilities. But the technology has probably become more advanced and more efficient since then. So if this was a part of augmented glasses it could make traveling to a new country much easier.
About 17 minutes in, Dr. Kaku describes the contact lenses recreating the full animation of historical structures and daily life while walking through the ruins at the height of the Roman Empire. And then he says it; "Augmented Reality".
As you travel by car your glasses will show how fast you are going, how much gas you have left, and even point out landmarks because your glasses is connected to internet, thus also GPS, without having to leave the steering wheel of your car.
At about 18 minutes, Dr Kaku presents something he describes as the "cell phone of the future", which I can point out is wrong. There will be no cell-phones in the future Dr.Kaku. You have already shown that most technology that exists will come together into one single gadget. The cell-phone will exist in your glasses.
Now this is proof of how fast technology is reshaping the world because back in 2009, I thought that cell-phone looked awesome and high-tech, and now I find it to seem very primitive. All the features he describes already exists on cell-phones and are taken for granted already today in 2012.(We might not have several monitors on our phones, but do we need them?)
E-paper. Nice idea, but again kind of step backwards when you have already described the features of augmented reality glasses/lenses.
Here's a different idea for that technology. Now that we have the capability to shape monitors that are bendable and stretchable, the possibility of animated tattoos can become a reality. You've probably seen tattoo sleeves by now, imagine the same kind of sleeve, but you can load up an animation of your choice. Let's say a dragon flying around your arm, while shooting fire. You can augment yourself!
If you play video games, you might have noticed that in the last ten years many games have focused more on giving you the power to create your own main character. In GTA San Andreas you could train your character to improve his physique, buy tattoos, change hairstyle and clothing. In Saint's Row you can change the facial structure, sex, and physical attributes. This has been the core focus in many top rated games lately.(Mass Effect, APB Reloaded, Elder Scrolls and many more)
If you add augmented reality to that mix...The possibilities are endless. You will be able to augment your physique, so that when other people see you, they will see the digital presentation of you walking down the street. No more need for plastic surgery to make that nose seem straight, or remove those rinkles. These are features that might take a while to work out, but there are other things that already are possible.
Imagine this scenario for a moment. You're going out. You are not sure what to E-wear. Am I going with Master Chief's armor or the Brotherhood cloak. Maybe you'll go with the same gear your character wears in World of Warcraft.(We've been able to simulate cloth in games for a few years now btw among other things)
How is that even possible? Well already today we have technology that tracks motion, your arms, legs available to consumers. Kinekt for Xbox 360 does this all the time. If only those Kinekt game developers realised that attaching 3D objects(let's say armor) to the movements of the human body it tracks, they'd have a monopoly on augmenting their customers and moving that experience to it's potential glory.
Some of you have already seen some version of this, if you tried one of those webcam software's that comes in the box of most webcams. You put a hat on your head. You switch your head with a dog. Now you have a mustache etc. These softwares seem very crappy after a while. You get bored easily, because they're
1: in 2D.
2: They lag and don't work right sometimes.
3: Fun for a second, then you never try them again.
With augmented reality, who needs costume parties anymore. Come as your augmented self. Unless it's a theme party. (example: come as your favorite tentacled creature).
Those crappy webcam softwares also do other things. Like adding snow. Change the backdrop.
Well that gives me so many ideas for augmented reality my fingers are fighting over what to write first. Augment your weather. Now what do most video editors agree on? That a blue clear sky is basically what? A GIANT ENDLESS BLUESCREEN. Just sitting there, waiting for someone to augment it. Throw some clouds in there. How about the epic skies of Oblivion while you're at it. How about a UFO? Let's add some gigantic planets behind that moon!(more planets! youtube freddiew reference) And lots of other super awesome stuff I'm not going to go into at the moment.
Now back to Dr.Kaku and his speech on the future.
Ah yes, intelligent rooms. With intelligent wallpaper. Sounds very cool. Unless you're already wearing augmented reality glasses or lenses. In that way you're able to spawn a monitor wherever you want in your house, on any surface. Not just at home, but on the bus, on the street, in the sky.
How about changing the look of your wallpaper, just like you do on your desktop background?
How about an animated wallpaper for your house? Hell yeah. This comes to mind:
He also mentiones glasses that has full internet capability. You can download any website, watch any movie and send E-mail. They will also recognize people's faces. (Google recently showed this very feature in their promotional video for Project Glass.)
The images Dr.Kaku shows of these glasses in 2009 did indeed look like "refugees from Star Trek".
"In the future these glasses will be fashionable". They will either come with the glasses or be sold as an attachment. You will start to see celebrities and fashion models wearing these things.
For people who don't wear glasses, or don't want to use them, eventually the technology will be so advanced and small, it can be placed in your contact lenses.
What if you're in a foreign country and someone starts to speak to you in a foreign language that you don't understand. You will have subtitles appearing infront of you as the people are speaking.
Some technology like this exists already today. Youtube have some examples of this where text on signs can be translated where it stands, in apps for mobile phones.
About 17 minutes in, Dr. Kaku describes the contact lenses recreating the full animation of historical structures and daily life while walking through the ruins at the height of the Roman Empire. And then he says it; "Augmented Reality".
As you travel by car your glasses will show how fast you are going, how much gas you have left, and even point out landmarks because your glasses is connected to internet, thus also GPS, without having to leave the steering wheel of your car.
At about 18 minutes, Dr Kaku presents something he describes as the "cell phone of the future", which I can point out is wrong. There will be no cell-phones in the future Dr.Kaku. You have already shown that most technology that exists will come together into one single gadget. The cell-phone will exist in your glasses.
Now this is proof of how fast technology is reshaping the world because back in 2009, I thought that cell-phone looked awesome and high-tech, and now I find it to seem very primitive. All the features he describes already exists on cell-phones and are taken for granted already today in 2012.(We might not have several monitors on our phones, but do we need them?)
E-paper. Nice idea, but again kind of step backwards when you have already described the features of augmented reality glasses/lenses.
Here's a different idea for that technology. Now that we have the capability to shape monitors that are bendable and stretchable, the possibility of animated tattoos can become a reality. You've probably seen tattoo sleeves by now, imagine the same kind of sleeve, but you can load up an animation of your choice. Let's say a dragon flying around your arm, while shooting fire. You can augment yourself!
If you play video games, you might have noticed that in the last ten years many games have focused more on giving you the power to create your own main character. In GTA San Andreas you could train your character to improve his physique, buy tattoos, change hairstyle and clothing. In Saint's Row you can change the facial structure, sex, and physical attributes. This has been the core focus in many top rated games lately.(Mass Effect, APB Reloaded, Elder Scrolls and many more)
If you add augmented reality to that mix...The possibilities are endless. You will be able to augment your physique, so that when other people see you, they will see the digital presentation of you walking down the street. No more need for plastic surgery to make that nose seem straight, or remove those rinkles. These are features that might take a while to work out, but there are other things that already are possible.
Imagine this scenario for a moment. You're going out. You are not sure what to E-wear. Am I going with Master Chief's armor or the Brotherhood cloak. Maybe you'll go with the same gear your character wears in World of Warcraft.(We've been able to simulate cloth in games for a few years now btw among other things)
How is that even possible? Well already today we have technology that tracks motion, your arms, legs available to consumers. Kinekt for Xbox 360 does this all the time. If only those Kinekt game developers realised that attaching 3D objects(let's say armor) to the movements of the human body it tracks, they'd have a monopoly on augmenting their customers and moving that experience to it's potential glory.
Some of you have already seen some version of this, if you tried one of those webcam software's that comes in the box of most webcams. You put a hat on your head. You switch your head with a dog. Now you have a mustache etc. These softwares seem very crappy after a while. You get bored easily, because they're
1: in 2D.
2: They lag and don't work right sometimes.
3: Fun for a second, then you never try them again.
With augmented reality, who needs costume parties anymore. Come as your augmented self. Unless it's a theme party. (example: come as your favorite tentacled creature).
Those crappy webcam softwares also do other things. Like adding snow. Change the backdrop.
Well that gives me so many ideas for augmented reality my fingers are fighting over what to write first. Augment your weather. Now what do most video editors agree on? That a blue clear sky is basically what? A GIANT ENDLESS BLUESCREEN. Just sitting there, waiting for someone to augment it. Throw some clouds in there. How about the epic skies of Oblivion while you're at it. How about a UFO? Let's add some gigantic planets behind that moon!(more planets! youtube freddiew reference) And lots of other super awesome stuff I'm not going to go into at the moment.
Now back to Dr.Kaku and his speech on the future.
Ah yes, intelligent rooms. With intelligent wallpaper. Sounds very cool. Unless you're already wearing augmented reality glasses or lenses. In that way you're able to spawn a monitor wherever you want in your house, on any surface. Not just at home, but on the bus, on the street, in the sky.
How about changing the look of your wallpaper, just like you do on your desktop background?
How about an animated wallpaper for your house? Hell yeah. This comes to mind:
Here is Part 1 of the "2057" documentary Kaku shows the audience in his talk.
And there's a hologram shark(Back To The Future II: Reference?)
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