Week 9: Entertainment and Multimedia on the Internet
A window — it’s more entertaining than TV. Just ask a cat looking out, or a man looking in on a life he desires. ― Jarod Kintz
Entertainment and Multimedia has grown over the years in terms of graphics, plot technology and much more. With a new technology known as
augmented reality, games and film developers have an even more creative platform to work with. The augmented reality is similar in concept to 3D and 4D effects. It projects the virtual world as though it is part of the real world. Experts are working hard at this to make "[The type of future] where augmented reality is everywhere, it's part of everything" according to the vision of London designer,
Keiichi Matsuda. In the following video interview with him, he would explain to you some of the technicalities behind augmented reality and its outlook in the future.
The near future existence of augmented reality has also allowed film writers to explore their plots in these areas, proposing possible outcomes of what the future would be like with the presence of augmented reality in our lives. The next video I am sharing with you is a short film production that enhances this. It also contains creative ideas that developers of other sectors might pick up on.
Cool ideas at the start and a scary twist to the ending plot right? Hahaha.
Anyway, with the more advanced augmented reality technology,
Google was able to creatively develop an immersive game that blurs the line between the virtual and real worlds, thanks to a great plot.
Check out the two trailers of the game by Google below:
Sounds complicated right? Here is a well made and comprehensive
tutorial by Googlers about how to play Ingress.
I feel that the game sounds very
fun and
interesting. It seems to be
educational at the same time since the portals are buildings or statues or structures that are of significance to the human race. Thus, this exposes and urges gamers to discover and learn about the significance that these infrastructures might carry.
My only concern might be the possibility of gamers becoming
too absorbed into the game and live life in paranoia because of the existence of the enemy team. This requires gamers to have sufficient
self-control and
maturity to still be able to
distinguish between what is virtual and what is reality.
Goodnight! (:
Week 9: Entertainment and Multimedia on the Internet
A window — it’s more entertaining than TV. Just ask a cat looking out, or a man looking in on a life he desires. ― Jarod Kintz
Entertainment and Multimedia has grown over the years in terms of graphics, plot technology and much more. With a new technology known as
augmented reality, games and film developers have an even more creative platform to work with. The augmented reality is similar in concept to 3D and 4D effects. It projects the virtual world as though it is part of the real world. Experts are working hard at this to make "[The type of future] where augmented reality is everywhere, it's part of everything" according to the vision of London designer,
Keiichi Matsuda. In the following video interview with him, he would explain to you some of the technicalities behind augmented reality and its outlook in the future.
The near future existence of augmented reality has also allowed film writers to explore their plots in these areas, proposing possible outcomes of what the future would be like with the presence of augmented reality in our lives. The next video I am sharing with you is a short film production that enhances this. It also contains creative ideas that developers of other sectors might pick up on.
Cool ideas at the start and a scary twist to the ending plot right? Hahaha.
Anyway, with the more advanced augmented reality technology,
Google was able to creatively develop an immersive game that blurs the line between the virtual and real worlds, thanks to a great plot.
Check out the two trailers of the game by Google below:
Sounds complicated right? Here is a well made and comprehensive
tutorial by Googlers about how to play Ingress.
I feel that the game sounds very
fun and
interesting. It seems to be
educational at the same time since the portals are buildings or statues or structures that are of significance to the human race. Thus, this exposes and urges gamers to discover and learn about the significance that these infrastructures might carry.
My only concern might be the possibility of gamers becoming
too absorbed into the game and live life in paranoia because of the existence of the enemy team. This requires gamers to have sufficient
self-control and
maturity to still be able to
distinguish between what is virtual and what is reality.
Goodnight! (:
My Virtual Thought Bubble
Guten Tag!
Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them. ― Steve Maraboli
HELLO!
Welcome to my COM 125 blog.
COM 125 is a module where I learn things about the internet that I had not known about and this is the little space where I share things about the internet that I learn beyond the classroom through the internet.
The quote above is a good overall learning take from the internet. The internet was invented to solve problems that existed back then and has ever since been continuously innovated to tackle more problems. As a result, it has undoubtedly brought about great ease and happiness to us.
I hope you will enjoy reading my posts and be enlightened just as I had been (:
― Jovina
