I don’t believe anyone can predict the future. Nor do I believe that the future is set. If you’ve sent the film ‘Back to the Future’ it shows the future as ever changing with nothing set. I believe this is how it is. Yet what would we have said if we were asked to try and predict the future of media and communications 10 or 15 years ago? Would anyone believe that a whole civil war was started and fought through the use of social media?
If I was asked now to predict the future in terms of media and communications, I would say that we are almost there already. I would say that the future is aimed at reducing all types of boundaries that we may face in terms of communication and other aspects of media. I also believe that our lives and cultures will be 100% in sync and in tangent with social mediums and technology.
However this can also be a double-edged sword. When one speaks of people being completely reliant on technology you are bound to hear whispers of phrases such as Armageddon and judgment day. What if one day, electricity was to stop working when we are also reliant on technology in our day to day lives, even with simple things such as opening our front door. I don’t have an answer to this however I think we are basically there when I look at my house and see my fridge, the lights etc.
Looking at Jane McGonigal’s website, this line stuck out to me in her bio; “how games are transforming the way we lead our real lives, and how they can be used to increase our resilience and well-being”. I think of the game Wii Fit where people interact with their game console as if they were at the gym and supposed to get the same effect, or video games that are puzzle games there to sharpen the mind. I can only imagine what might be in store for us soon in terms of games benefiting our day-to-day lives.
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