Projections: Your Media in the Future
Its morning - you set off for the day from your house you dont need to lock the house because you are carryinging your 'wallet' and the house detects that you have left and deadbolts the doors and windows behind you.
You are also listening to some of your favourite music that was downloaded to the wallet earlier as you got ready in the morning, just telling your home media device which songs to transfer to the wallet and letting it go. It also downloads any feeds that you have flagged. While you are were getting breakfast the media system told you that new episodes of your flagged shows are available and asks if you want to download them to view, of course you have to head to work so you asked the system to download them and store for veiwing later. Additionally it told you since you aquired a level of acheivement in a game you were currently playing that new animations and game items were available to download. You did that too.
The trip to work is a lengthy train ride so you use the time to browse the headlines
of your flagged feeds on your 'wallet' (which also told the train to deduct the fare from your ticket account) and download any specific stories that you might wish to view. A text message pops up on the little screen - its your boss saying he is caught in trafic and is going to be a little late.
Seconds later a good friend rings you - your wallet can receive calls too and turns down the volume of your music when you answer the call. Its a good friend of yours who says he just found a fantastic album and sends you the sample tracks. You listen to the samples, like the band and the music so you mark the whole album for download and go back to your browsing.
The Wallet dings (yet again) because you have bought the new albumn and there are live video streams of the bandmembers being interveiwed as well - you ok the downloads and get back to your reading.
As you arrive at your workplace the wallet shares your information that you are in the building and the security doors slide open. when you reach your desk the wallet tells your computer to boot an access your settings from the wallet - you could conceivably sit at any of the workstations and it would automatically boot with your settings. including your instant voice messenger program and avatars.
the work system has lots of Freedom but still restricts some downloads and your wallet pauses any downloads not available through your work network.
You head out of the building into the nearby park for lunch. Several people might have vended their lunches from machines (paid for by the account link in your wallet) but you brought yours today.
Across from where you are sitting - again listening to music, you receive a text introduction 'Hi I think you are cute, would you be interested in going out some time' - you download the senders profile (including a video grab and photos) You like what you see and send a reply with 'Ok how about Tuesday at Mancinis Restraunt' the texts flip back once or twice until a time is confimed and you log it in to your calender - knowing that it will warn you as the time comes closer.
You see a strange bird and take a snap of it using the camera built into the wallet. wanting to know more you set the device to search for more information on the bird in the picture.
Seconds later the you get some feeds to documentaries from the discovery channel about the bird and watch them for the rest of your lunch break.
The rest of the workday is uneventful and as you head home from work you receive a call, your parents saying that they are visiting this evening - you log the message and send the information to your house to that you plan on cooking dinner for them. The House determines what ingredients are available and sends an automated message to the local grocer who calls you to confirm the order - you pick up the items as you walk home from the station. While you are there the system logs your likes and dislikes and sends you some advertisements tailored to your purchasing trends
One of them says a new movie is available to veiw and you tell the house to download the movie for veiwing tonight. Commerical movies have a view once per payment untill they go to public.
You Get home and the Home media system downloads the photos information contacts and messages you made today. It give you an option to review or store any of it. You store it and head to the kitchen - not before sending the Shows you flagged this morning to the kitchen monitor.
You are also listening to some of your favourite music that was downloaded to the wallet earlier as you got ready in the morning, just telling your home media device which songs to transfer to the wallet and letting it go. It also downloads any feeds that you have flagged. While you are were getting breakfast the media system told you that new episodes of your flagged shows are available and asks if you want to download them to view, of course you have to head to work so you asked the system to download them and store for veiwing later. Additionally it told you since you aquired a level of acheivement in a game you were currently playing that new animations and game items were available to download. You did that too.
The trip to work is a lengthy train ride so you use the time to browse the headlines
of your flagged feeds on your 'wallet' (which also told the train to deduct the fare from your ticket account) and download any specific stories that you might wish to view. A text message pops up on the little screen - its your boss saying he is caught in trafic and is going to be a little late.
Seconds later a good friend rings you - your wallet can receive calls too and turns down the volume of your music when you answer the call. Its a good friend of yours who says he just found a fantastic album and sends you the sample tracks. You listen to the samples, like the band and the music so you mark the whole album for download and go back to your browsing.
The Wallet dings (yet again) because you have bought the new albumn and there are live video streams of the bandmembers being interveiwed as well - you ok the downloads and get back to your reading.
As you arrive at your workplace the wallet shares your information that you are in the building and the security doors slide open. when you reach your desk the wallet tells your computer to boot an access your settings from the wallet - you could conceivably sit at any of the workstations and it would automatically boot with your settings. including your instant voice messenger program and avatars.
the work system has lots of Freedom but still restricts some downloads and your wallet pauses any downloads not available through your work network.
You head out of the building into the nearby park for lunch. Several people might have vended their lunches from machines (paid for by the account link in your wallet) but you brought yours today.
Across from where you are sitting - again listening to music, you receive a text introduction 'Hi I think you are cute, would you be interested in going out some time' - you download the senders profile (including a video grab and photos) You like what you see and send a reply with 'Ok how about Tuesday at Mancinis Restraunt' the texts flip back once or twice until a time is confimed and you log it in to your calender - knowing that it will warn you as the time comes closer.
You see a strange bird and take a snap of it using the camera built into the wallet. wanting to know more you set the device to search for more information on the bird in the picture.
Seconds later the you get some feeds to documentaries from the discovery channel about the bird and watch them for the rest of your lunch break.
The rest of the workday is uneventful and as you head home from work you receive a call, your parents saying that they are visiting this evening - you log the message and send the information to your house to that you plan on cooking dinner for them. The House determines what ingredients are available and sends an automated message to the local grocer who calls you to confirm the order - you pick up the items as you walk home from the station. While you are there the system logs your likes and dislikes and sends you some advertisements tailored to your purchasing trends
One of them says a new movie is available to veiw and you tell the house to download the movie for veiwing tonight. Commerical movies have a view once per payment untill they go to public.
You Get home and the Home media system downloads the photos information contacts and messages you made today. It give you an option to review or store any of it. You store it and head to the kitchen - not before sending the Shows you flagged this morning to the kitchen monitor.
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