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David Brin’sDavid Brin’s
Real-time Conversation SpacesReal-time Conversation SpacesUseful Virtual WorldsUseful Virtual WorldsInformation ServicesInformation Services
Collaboration & Meeting-wareCollaboration & Meeting-ware
Presentation#2: More DetailsPresentation#2: More DetailsMoving online conversation Moving online conversation
from the 60’s to the 21st Centuryfrom the 60’s to the 21st Century
Holocene/Epocene Holocene/Epocene Interaction InterfaceInteraction Interface
Overview of a Patented BreakthroughIn Real Time Communications
In This Presentation We Will Cover -In This Presentation We Will Cover -
• The real “digital divide”: Useful asynchronous communication vs. synchronous silliness.
• The Problem: Today’s real time interfaces dumb-down thought and conversation.
• The Clue: Sophisticated conversation tools that we humans all use in real life. None ever made it online!
• The Solution: Holocene’s broad range of patented and fundamental tools can revolutionize online communication, letting hosts offer new, attractive services to visitors, users, clients, collaborators.
• Immediate Market Opportunities: Only IP-protected Holocene can replace or transform online chat, Instant Messaging (IM), avatar worlds, meeting-ware, collaboration-ware, user-generated gaming and “augmented reality” overlays upon real world locales.
Other Presentations -Other Presentations -• The Dismal Competition: Tour today’s state-of-the-art in “chat,” avatar worlds, VR, “myWorld” sites, meeting-ware, collaboration-ware… fields where “competitors” are making billions with inferior products.
• Our Prototype: Glimpse the early proof-of-concept - already functional! And sign up for a demo.
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The The RealReal Digital Divide Digital DivideAsynchronous Realm web browsing email file sharing / downloads search, research, collaboration weblogs
Content provider and recipient not present at the same time.
Synchronous Realm Chat & Instant Messaging interactive gaming virtual worlds avataring telepresence
Content provider and recipient are present at the same time.
• Despite overlap, these realms involve different expectations, customers, discourse.• Both realms should benefit from advances in social networking.• Some interactions, like instant Messaging have both synchronous and asynchronous traits. Crippled by worst combination.• High-end collaboration & “meeting-ware”point to a future when synchronous presence will be attractive to adults.• Just because high-quality is “allowed” doesn’t guarantee it happens. Still, shouldn’t quality be possible?
Notes:
Advanced interfaces assist information Advanced interfaces assist information flow, expression of complex thoughts.flow, expression of complex thoughts.
Useful to grownups!Useful to grownups!
Primitive interfaces dumb-down discourse to Primitive interfaces dumb-down discourse to the level of flirting, grunts, mayhem… the level of flirting, grunts, mayhem…
Almost useless to serious people!Almost useless to serious people!
This realm needs utter transformation!Holocene improves this realm.
Contemporary “chat” - dreadful! Still uses 1960s format!
Millions of teens on Facebook type billions of words! Immense market!
But shallow… hopeless for grownup conversation, work or collaboration.
Yes, some like it shallow. But must shallowness be a law of cyberspace?
“Avatar Worlds” like There and Second Life are worse! Limit interaction to grunt flirtation, violence and “ROFL.”
Billions are spent on fine rendering. Cool stuff!
But meanwhile, tools to usefully exchange thoughts and information have languished, undeveloped.
Can we do better?Can we do better?
Summary: Summary: The dismal competition…The dismal competition…
(Also see presentation #2: “the state-of the-art.”)(Also see presentation #2: “the state-of the-art.”)
A Close-up Look: Second Life - a company worth billions - sells “realms” to businesses, to link with employees, partners, customers. Only where is the communication and creative exchange that businesses (and sober users) want?
Down here, in the lower left. See it? The same scroll/interrupting "chat” used on teletypes back in the 1970s. Thoughts limited to one sentence, at best. Yet, nobody considered this part - actual information exchange - to be worth improving. Till now.
The exception:The exception:“Meeting-ware” delivers sophisticated real-time
(synchronous) interaction… at a price…Advantages:• Some advanced teleconferences allow file exchange/comparison.• Collaboration assistance.• information services and some analytic tools in real time.• Mid-price systems like Groove can connect adults in useful ways.
Yet there are countless faults / deficiencies• Emphasis on elites ignores the trend toward small screens, mobility.• Even high end products ignore lessons from real life / human nature.• Vast market for real time conversation/collaboration goes un-tapped.
Even stationary meetings need efficient tools, to use scarce resources: time, screen space & human attention.Shall we take a hint from real life?real life?
How far back do discourse talents go? To ancient folk who argued, chatted and planned, learning skills to get the most out of face-to-face interaction…
The “attention economy” isn’t new! Our ancestors
practiced selective focus by -
- adjusting distance
- turning to or away from others
- heeding reputation
- favoring what’s interesting
- remembering what’s important
- adopting rules of courtesy
- keeping a train of thought
- staying alert for surprise.
Discourse & Conversation -Cro-Magnon Style!
Discourse depends on attention, selective focus, prioritization, and countless mental skills we take for granted.
Few of these basic skills have usefully arrived onscreen.
Even “social network” designers ignore basics.
We still do all of those things!We still do all of those things!
High priority attention goes to people you chose to face or get close to.
We adjust attention by criteria - topic, time, reputation (global /personal), direction, distance.
Least attention paid to those who are away/behind.
Yet, you notice if folks mention your name - or other hot words - even far away!
We divide attention, shift tracks, adapt new priorities.
We track the “gist” of conversation, but can also make careful notes.
And this is just a cocktail party! Inborn attention-agility skyrockets when matters seem important.
Time has effects, but doesn’t lobotomize! Casual talk doesn’t have to be shallow.
Rules of courtesy matter . There are consequences to reputation!
Why Have Designers Neglected all this?Why Have Designers Neglected all this?Fads and “honey pot” concepts draw attention &investment.
Gaudy virtual worlds AvatarsSocial networking GamesWeb exhibitionism Flirtation
These are fine! But designers assume that synchronous users will never want more.
In fact, some real-time users may want to work or converse at a higher level than “ROFL.”
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Attributes affected by priority• Volume or size of speech• Rendering (of avatars, video etc.)
• Gisting of contents:(font, size, sift- retain hi-impact words/meanings…)
• Semantic Services (alerts, smart- transcripts, omni-search.)
• Info & action availability.
Traits that affect priority•Orientation (attention-facing)
•Proximity
•Time
•Reputation
•Topic/syntax
A Wish List of services to boost Online Discourse
Let’s Illustrate These Wishes As Simply As Possible. (Using “rectangles on a screen…”)
In life, we assign scarce attention by priority.
Basics of our demo
Actually quite intuitive once you try it!
Trait #1: Separation of attention among other individuals
The “Chat” Mode since 1967…The “Chat” Mode since 1967………alternating-interrupting upward-scrolling snippets of text.alternating-interrupting upward-scrolling snippets of text.
Avatars with speech balloons.Avatars with speech balloons.
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NO correlation with the way that humans actually talk NO correlation with the way that humans actually talk to one another. No chance of expressing whole thoughts.to one another. No chance of expressing whole thoughts.
……not much of an improvement. not much of an improvement. Still limits conversation to broken snippets!Still limits conversation to broken snippets!
Joe:Joe:
Carol:Carol:
Alice:Alice:
Heed people as Heed people as distinct individuals!distinct individuals!The human way of dividing attention.The human way of dividing attention.Let each person finish a sentence, even Let each person finish a sentence, even whole thoughts!whole thoughts!
Note: This separation is EXACTLY what folks Note: This separation is EXACTLY what folks now do (crudely) in IM (instant messaging)! now do (crudely) in IM (instant messaging)! It is the reason why serious people prefer IM for It is the reason why serious people prefer IM for their rapid exchanges.their rapid exchanges.
Only why not do this separation Only why not do this separation insideinside real-time real-time virtual worlds? virtual worlds?
Yes, this open many Yes, this open many furtherfurther problems... problems...
……but because it is the human way, there are but because it is the human way, there are also also solutionssolutions at hand… at hand…
Another way…Another way…
Used on Used on ““Second Life”Second Life”
Used on Used on ““There”There”
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Trait #2: Orientation of Attention (viewing angle) affects prioritization (two slides)
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Here, priority affects the size of a Here, priority affects the size of a crude 2D text-box.crude 2D text-box.
In a 3D “world” - rich in video, audio In a 3D “world” - rich in video, audio and texture - it can be expressed by and texture - it can be expressed by other traits: e.g. volume etc.other traits: e.g. volume etc.
Our second neglected trait isattention angle. It should do more than just turn an avatar’s viewpoint.
(Note: This is not (Note: This is not about “text box about “text box rectangles”…)rectangles”…)
Try clicking to the next slide, then back to this one, back and forth a few times!
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Trait #2: Orientation of Attention (viewing angle) affects Priority (two slides)
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Our second neglected trait isattention angle. It should do more than just turn an avatar’s viewpoint.
Here, priority affects the size of a Here, priority affects the size of a crude 2D text-box.crude 2D text-box.
In a 3D “world” - rich in video, audio In a 3D “world” - rich in video, audio and texture - it can be expressed by and texture - it can be expressed by other traits: e.g, volume etc.other traits: e.g, volume etc.
(Note: This is not (Note: This is not about “text box about “text box rectangles”…)rectangles”…)
Try clicking back to the previous slide, then this one,back and forth a few times!
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Trait #3: Proximity to the user affects Priority….
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Third neglected trait: proximity. Important in real life.
(Click ahead and see one person ‘grow’ in priority as she nears.)
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PROXIMITY in action
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Third neglected trait: proximity. Important in real life.
(Click ahead and see one person ‘grow’ in priority as she nears.)
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PROXIMITY in action
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Third neglected trait: proximity. Important in real life.
This trait not only emulates real attention, it mixes well with others.
Trait #4: Timestamp: Recent speakers are prioritized --- lurkers shrink
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Getting sophisticated: we also prioritize according to the span oftime since a person last spoke.
A lurker - or residual artifact -fades in priority, even if it is nearby. Saves valuable screen space.
Also solved by “natural forces.”
Pop quiz: Do you think all of this is about Pop quiz: Do you think all of this is about rectangular text boxesrectangular text boxes on a 2D screen? on a 2D screen?
Trait #5: REPUTATION affects priority - global (scored by host or peers) or user choice.
Global rep is low
Personal score is high(adjusted by slider)
Reputation systems are of hot interest (e.g. Netflix ratings contest) and huge commercial value. Systems that smoothly pass rep data back and forth from personal to global will be far more subtle and effective than look-down or opt-in methods.
Hosts can either let users see reps or keep hidden. Third party pseudonymity can allow mask-personas to have high rep.
Users might even apply instant rep-style feedback to particular statements or products or adverts in real time.
Reputation scores can also affect discourse geometries, e.g. automatic arenas, and distance sensitivity of keyword alerts.
Hosts should be free to creatively mix/max traits and attributes, competing for user attention.
This person is farther away but high in both reputation scores. Priority enhanced.
Potential solutionPotential solutionto online antisocialto online antisocialbehavior…behavior…
Low rep irritant “yapper” Low rep irritant “yapper” /hooligan easy to ignore./hooligan easy to ignore.(Dozens of possible effects (Dozens of possible effects including transparency and including transparency and “natural forces.)“natural forces.)
I weep for thee, and yet no cause I have;For why thou left'st me nothing in thy will:And yet thou left'st me more than I did crave;For why I craved nothing of thee still:•yes, dear friend, I •pardon crave of •thee,Thy discontent thou didst bequeath to me.-- Wm Shakespeare
I head out to the bar later and the news mentions something about high winds in Westerville & an "upper Albany" so I guess I got a little scared
Trait #6: Priority by semantic content, tags, keywords or topic…
why is october always such a crazy month weather wise in ohio? I’ve only lived here five years, so I’m still not used to it.
I hear that John Smithwas lookingfor his sister
who was missing
Are you folksdiscussingthe strangeweather? I
hear there’sa tornado watch in
grove city. My cousin
has a housethere.
thank god I live within the beltway. I was thinking of a drive out to pick olives for an omlette. With butter. Have you ever tried
*Yup- thanks for thinking of me... I was downtown when all the sirens started last night, but all I heard was that it was happening in grove city … I don’t know anybody there
there is a tornado warning for the Franks County area ‘til 7:30. *Yeah, Columbus parts the weather like the red sea. But what do we do if services fail?.
Good of you to drop by weatherwatchers.
Here verbiage is deliberately shown spilling out of the text box, illustrating the scrolling problem. How to maintain the “gist” of what other people say, when older statements rapidly vanish out the top? Can online discourse track earlier statements?
Can a system help detect what’s urgent, take gist notes, sift noise?Even in faraway speech?
Separating each speaker only partly solves the “dilemma of “chat.” We must also provide tools for smart transcripting.
We solve all of these problems in real life conversation!Shouldn’t online conversation spaces aid discourse, as well?
How to appreciate & “memorize” useful info, while remaining compact?
I head 2 the bar later & the paper news … re Westerville & an "upper albany" development…got scared …
Has anyone heard bout power outages? This lightning is crazy. Lots of multiple flashes.Ironically I’m near downtown and it’s already clearing up.
oct = crazy month weather wise n OH?…lm not used 2 it.
“I weep for thee”(poem link)
W.Shakespeare
tornado watch in grove city
…blah…blah…omlette…
Yup- thx 4 thinking of me. I was downtown when sirens started last nite, but … I heard …it was grove city ….
- a tornado warning for franklin county ‘til 7:30.-CMH parts the weather like red sea. -But what 2 do if services fail?.
John Smith…sister missing
Good of you to drop by weatherwatchers.
Smart services notice a quotation. Many other services.
Semantic content, text, gisting & services emulate the power of real brains…
Transcript zoneTranscript zonealso notepads etcalso notepads etc
Shouldn’t you be able to go BACK and recall what someone said earlier?Memory assistance services are represented here by a simple scroller.
Semantic alert: someone far away (even in another world?) is discussing something important to you!
Simple gisting: font ageing, remove low-pri words
User’s own words. Issue of whether they should use up screen space in center…
Let’s solve the problems from the previous screen.
By Looking at Real Life, We Come Up With Many Additional Services …
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Service Kiosk
courtesy: attention cues
World servicesWeb or PhoneSearch Game-play(kiosks do exist on some avatar worlds)
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“Bricki” project whiteboarding:Both synchronous meeting andasynchronous collaboration.
kiosks
Privacy/deflection
Also: VOIP, video, analytic tools, self-cloning, teleportation…
…all the way to new-style game methods, environments, formalisms…
…and rapid Augmented Reality overlays.
Smart-Transcript encompasses only chosen members: many gisting styles.
I agree with I agree with youyou … …
……but not with but not with youyou!!
filefile
Exchange files/itemsExchange files/items
Helpful “natural forces”Helpful “natural forces”
Iteration #12
Is this all about Is this all about rectangular text boxesrectangular text boxes on a 2D grid? on a 2D grid?
Not! These Not! These representrepresent general properties of conversationgeneral properties of conversation. . Humans already organize, prioritize, remember/forget, approach/avoid, and so on… Humans already organize, prioritize, remember/forget, approach/avoid, and so on… in the outer world in the outer world where there are no rectangular text boxes.where there are no rectangular text boxes.We use body language, vocal tone, face recognition, memory, attention and our own versions of gisting, alerts, reputation, and sifting for meaning.
This is This is notnot about about rectangular text boxesrectangular text boxes on a 2D grid! on a 2D grid!
Traits that affect priority
•Orientation•Proximity•Time•Reputation•Topic/syntax
Once again. What is it we are contemplating?Once again. What is it we are contemplating?
Attributes affected by priority• Volume/intensity or size
• Rendering
• Gisting of contents
• Semantic Services
• Info & action availability.
Can we ALSO do all of these things in lavish 3D, texture-rich avatar worlds? Why not?Can we ALSO do all of these things in lavish 3D, texture-rich avatar worlds? Why not?
Pause to envision…Pause to envision…
Avatar-rich worlds that have every feature seen at Avatar-rich worlds that have every feature seen at “There” or “Second Life” - “There” or “Second Life” - (e.g. hosted realms, sexy (e.g. hosted realms, sexy mod-bods, flirting)mod-bods, flirting) - - but that but that also let usersalso let users……
• prioritizeprioritize by parameters similar to real life. by parameters similar to real life.
• access access info about others info about others as easily as recognizing as easily as recognizing faces in real life.faces in real life.
• express express complex thoughtscomplex thoughts to specific people. to specific people.
• use varied conversation modes, file exchange, use varied conversation modes, file exchange, profiles, business cards.profiles, business cards.
• use collaboration spaces for actual workuse collaboration spaces for actual work - kiosks, whiteboards, conferences.- kiosks, whiteboards, conferences.
• self-police annoyances by reputation. Choose to self-police annoyances by reputation. Choose to see (or not see) object/person see (or not see) object/person classes. classes.
• voluntaryvoluntary pseudonymous accountability… etc… pseudonymous accountability… etc…
Key point. Key point. HostsHosts are the customer. are the customer. Empower Empower paying hostspaying hosts with an almost infinite palette with an almost infinite palette of experiences to lure guests, users, clients, to their of experiences to lure guests, users, clients, to their distinctive worlds -- ranging from realistic, to distinctive worlds -- ranging from realistic, to “godlike,” to product-centered.“godlike,” to product-centered.
Let ten thousand hosted worlds compete!Let ten thousand hosted worlds compete!
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I believe in aI believe in abetter world.better world.………………………………....CindyCindy: That: Thatdepends on depends on assumptions.assumptions.<<HereHere>> is what is what I think of the I think of the problem.problem.
Share objects,Share objects,assert actionsassert actions
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All right, forget All right, forget rectangular text boxes!rectangular text boxes!
Note about this example: text could Note about this example: text could be VOIP, avatars could be video, be VOIP, avatars could be video, “scrolls” could be condensed IM or “scrolls” could be condensed IM or dynamically gisted. Variations are dynamically gisted. Variations are limitless.limitless.
What matters is empowering users What matters is empowering users with a vast array of tools to focus with a vast array of tools to focus their limited attention and establish their limited attention and establish priorities. in a world where info priorities. in a world where info comes as if from a fire hose!comes as if from a fire hose!
How do we know these things never made it online?
United States Patent Application 20030001890 United States Patent No: 7,124,372 January 2, 2003 - Filed: June 12, 2002 Date of Issuance: October 17, 2006
Interactive communication between a plurality of usersInventor: Brin, G. David
Abstract
A novel system, method, and computer program for interactive communication among a plurality of users. The invention, called Holocene Conversation Mode ("HCM"), takes advantage of the observation that human beings have developed or utilize a number of real-world characteristics to participate in, perceive, control, and glean subtleties from conversations. These characteristics include proximity and orientation of a listener to other speakers, memory ageing, emphasis by a speaker, relative importance of a speaker to a listener, reputation of a speaker, and the unique human ability to "filter" words of special interest to a listener from overheard conversations. HCM includes a suite of techniques, including spatial and content compression as a function of some of such characteristics, that can be implemented in various combinations in computer software. HCM supports other forms of user interaction, such as allowing a user to give or send an object to another user, or to allow a user to take an object from another user. In addition, HCM supports "kiosks", in which users can interact with non human resources in the context of a host-defined environment.
Inventors: Brin, Glen David; (Encinitas, CA)Correspondence Name and Address: FISH & RICHARDSON, PC 4350 LA JOLLA VILLAGE DRIVE SUITE 500 SAN DIEGO, CA 92122 US
Proof these traits, properties, services and methods never made it online… No significant “prior art.” These gaps in online discourse are real.
126 claims. covering a vast range of potential onscreenrepresentation and communication methodologies.
Also implemented: User profiles, attention alert, kiosks. Next: full “gisting,” topic alerts, global reputation.
Simple 2-D example: a Community Action Network
Press here to exit chatspace
Toggle transcript log on/off
Bird’s eye view on/off
DARPA asked for a simple working demo. Nothing fancy. Just an easy, low bandwidth way for neighbors to self-organize in a crisis. First-ever some of these concepts and tools were ever used online!
Prototype shows effects of distance, angle, time reputation & syntax.
Avatars etc. are easy to add later! But these newservices are patented!
Even using primitive “text boxes” this rudimentary prototype lets users prioritize, track, move, remember & evaluate better than anywhere else online.
Beyond chat! Swap files,data, business cards, at touch of a button.
Scroll-check earlier statements. Or use group transcripts.
Personalize background. Iconic faces & symbols,voice-to-text. Eventually video. No high-end limits!
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?Check profile, interests, or web site of another person. “Shoulder-tap” for attention. Also: kiosks, teleportation, “pinning,” remote topic alerts… all in the earliest demo.
Already implemented (in a crude “text box” demo) View profiles of others Exchange files or data Scroll/view the gist of earlier remarks in multiple ways Adjust priority/importance of other users by ‘reputation’ or whim All at incredibly low bandwidth & high throughput.
Adapt screenview by ‘reputation’ - either global or user-choice. Slider lets you ‘reduce’ annoying people!
More Services More Services to Users:to Users:
Again, this is NOT about “text boxes”! Think Again, this is NOT about “text boxes”! Think services! services! Applicable to avatars, social sites,Applicable to avatars, social sites, all interactions. all interactions.
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3-D PanopticonVR overlays on real locales. (In this case for security. But countless applications.)
Ability to survey occupants can be limited to officials (e.g. security) or else offered laterally to all visitors, members or subscribers. (Horizontal vs. vertical transparency.) Range of accessible attributes and/or data can depend upon locale, event, consensus.
AI alerts range from security data & friend lists to system guesses at common interests.Zoom to individuals or local POV.
Locale services like guide-navigation or help locatingPeople, events, agencies, exhibitors, services.
And in the future…
* Possible 3-D animated demo rendering to come from E-Spaces… * Possible 3-D animated demo rendering to come from E-Spaces…
• Real event viewable even on Real event viewable even on cell phones & tablets.cell phones & tablets. • Locate others by Locate others by arrangementarrangement or by or by topictopic or or interest matchinginterest matching..• Leave Leave virtual objectsvirtual objects and and notes notes in 3D space: as messages or to draw in 3D space: as messages or to draw interest.interest.
Person with shared interest orPerson with shared interest oron your seek list.on your seek list.
Virtual object, note or kiosk Virtual object, note or kiosk related to this point in space.related to this point in space.
Virtual object of interest, butVirtual object of interest, butclick for permission.click for permission.
Private (closed) conversationPrivate (closed) conversationzone. zone.
Display/booth, click for info.Display/booth, click for info.
Participants set virtual presence by WiFi, GPS, RFID etc. Track/find, message, swap files or leave virtual objects while free to move around. Scale from city to building
to room! ‘Post-it’ location- or person-specific notes. Augmented reality now!
First adopters? High tech trade shows.ZOOM TO CREATE A HOLOCENE CONVERSATION AREA WITH ACTIVE SPEECH DISPLAYS.
Rapid implementation!
Event speaker: click to tune-in Event speaker: click to tune-in or get transcript.or get transcript.
Attending but ‘docked’ - localeAttending but ‘docked’ - localenot specifiednot specified.
Example sites:Example sites:Convention CtrConvention CtrHotelHotelDowntownDowntownCityCityCorporate Corporate ZonesZonesNationNationPlanetPlanetImaginary Imaginary worldworld
Map a real locale or event onto a Holocene Space!Map a real locale or event onto a Holocene Space!
ReviewReviewTraits of natural spoken conversation finally come online.Displays respond to proximity, orientation, time, context, reputation.
Attention and focus respond to user’s listener priorities.All of these traits astonishingly patentable under very broad IP.
Make synchronous communication useful to adults.Beyond the shallow: enjoyable and effective real-time exchange.
‘Gisting’ and information assistanceSift & compress (but retain) content. Help users achieve goals!
Local and global perception modesTransform IM/presence: millions become empowered.Adaptable views link virtual & real worlds.Find others, share spaces/interests, leave messages.Get organized, hold meetings, scale from city to room.
World building... and futuristic powersKiosks - object exchange - geometries - AI services - transcripts - game worlds
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Potential high-profit product lines.Potential high-profit product lines.• Renders all current “chat” systems obsolete (e.g. MySpace).Renders all current “chat” systems obsolete (e.g. MySpace).
• Sell a far better interface to hosted sites (e.g. “There” & “Second Life”).Sell a far better interface to hosted sites (e.g. “There” & “Second Life”).
• Meeting-ware and collaboration-ware to enhance work, at low cost.Meeting-ware and collaboration-ware to enhance work, at low cost.
• Empower self-organized Empower self-organized Citizen Action Networks. Citizen Action Networks. (Defense applications.)(Defense applications.)
• Enhance IM and Presence - link millions, add services.Enhance IM and Presence - link millions, add services.
• Correlate VR worlds with real locales.Correlate VR worlds with real locales.
• Possible applications in both gaming and mass media.Possible applications in both gaming and mass media.
- all with existing markets but weak competition. (See presentation #2 on the current state-of-the-art.)
- minimal technical challenges(See presentation #3 on the present working 2-D demo-prototype.)
- all product lines can achieve profitability within 1-2 years.
All with the accompanying advantage of far-reaching patented IP protection.
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Send inquiries to: Send inquiries to:
Also see:Also see:
Presentation #2 re: Presentation #2 re: Surveying the competition.Surveying the competition.
Presentation #3 re: Presentation #3 re: Our working prototypeOur working prototype..
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