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Our Future will be a Real Life RPG
Nick Mahar
This video just changed the way I look at technology and the future of technology forever. Carnegie Mellon professor and ex-imagineer, Jesse Schell, lays out a vision of the future in which our lives become, essentially, one big RPG. We have all seen technology grow rapidly over the past century and it's not stopping anytime. Professor Schell explains what the future will be like, which I can honestly see it already happening as he says it is.
Everything in the world is full of psychological tricks that almost none of us notice; the world is constantly being filled with "achievements", like Xbox Live and other online games. I don't want to give away too much that the video explains much better, but the future will be a complete takeover of technology and advertisement that none of us will really notice. Imagine walking a mile or drinking a coke and receiving an achievement in life that everyone can see. Watch the video to see how life could and probably will be like in the future - I promise it will blow your mind.
I find it amazing how online games such as FarmVille and others can be free but still make so much money through add-ons. It's so true though because every person that plays free games like Maple Story or Combat Arms, usually gets addicted and spends money. More and more people spend money and it all adds up to hundreds of thousands from a simple little game. The one thing that stood out for me, was that there are more FarmVille players than Twitter accounts. That just seems outrageous to me because I only know a few people who play FarmVille.
Whatever happens in the future, some version of this video will be completely true. I do believe that advertisements will become constantly shoved down our throats even more one day. And yes, I do agree with his reasoning of why the iPad sucks.
