Scott Fisher

Creepy stuff.
Interesting to see how many eyes there are all over.

The revolution will be televised but the question is if you can find out what channel/website it will be on.

Probably it will be on all the channels using multi camera, multi perspectives and so many special effects that we will not know who is who and what is really happening. Perhaps Internet could overwhelm us enough to catch some realistic perspectives, or not...

That was truely frightening. I dig Google Earth, but to see it with such clarity and with unsecure "security" cam footage was scary.

That's all I want is someone somewhere looking at footage of me picking my nose or doing something worse.

I shudder to think. :P

On a more serious note, however, I have to admit that it's rather cool.

Live Google Earth is probably the most jaw dropping thing I've seen all year. It's straight out of every sci-fi surveliance movie.

Wow factor aside, I can think of uses for this faster than I can type (100 WPM, if you're wondering). I want this in my car, a live-as-it-happens GPS. I want this to play an RTS overlayed on real life. I want this as part of an incredible social network site.

All these cameras are already out there, whether we like it or not. I'd rather know that, and have access to their feeds, rather than know that, and wonder why I dont.

I am not going to lie; this would take myspace stalking to a whole new level. We already know that Big Brother is watching us at all times, but what happens when creepy guy down the street is always watching. Do we all become exhibitionists or extremely paranoid citizens? If Enemy of the State had this technology Will Smith would have been dead in the first 5 minutes of the movie.

Mr. Powell was an exciting speaker- mostly because of the enthusiasm for which he spoke about collaborating with creatives to create interesting content. It seemed that he was quite open to collaborating with our department from immersive environments to serious games.

While, the 3-D model of campus with video overlay was exciting, I was actually most impressed with the live concert from coast to coast project. Watching those "live concerts" on TV would have new meaning.

I don't see why a live Google-Earth would be so bad for a town like LA. For a town where everyone is trying to break into Hollywood, this kinda technology puts everyone in the spotlight 24/7. SAG actors could highlight themselves on the map with links to their resume and audition clips. They would be auditioning where ever they go in the off chance that a casting agent were to spot them on Google Earth live.

I could also run a 24/hour reality talk show where an audio stream and GPS coordinates would link with Google Earth, giving anyone the ability to see where I am and hear what I'm saying. And with that type of exposure I could entertain my cult audience with my subtle yet charming day to day demeanor. I'd interview random people I'd run into and hassle those I'd run into on a daily basis. I could endorse commercial products for revenue. Imagine watching me buy a hot dog and a coke from Google Earth. After satiating my hunger with the dog, I quench my dying thirst with the refreshing and classic taste of a cool Coca-Cola. And after a relieving sigh of liquid gratification, I raise my beverage to the camera in the sky zelda style. And with a smile, tell the world, "Life tastes good."

Yeah personally I don't see this as an invasion of privacy. I see this as a money making opportunity.

The Geodec visualization demo was great, it could be useful to integrate into some mapping projects.

Also, it was good to see what is being done on the other side of campus.

Expect an informal meeting with IMD and IMSC students to be set up next fall...

As much as this is an invasion of privacy, it also serves as a means to record the past. Not all of us carry cameras around all the time. But ten years from now, maybe I want to find footage of myself raising my cola to the camera "zelda style" (??). It may be a great way to record memories. But this is just a spin on this technology, I have not figured out where I stand on the invasiveness of this issue.

First time all semester I was really floored by something I'd seen.

But it was amazing. The Live Google eArth thing rocked my brain. I don't know why it's so cool, but it just excites me to no end. See my backchannel blither for all that stuff.

I cannot wait to play with something like that. I admit I can't even think of a good use for it. But I know I wanna play with it. Not a creepy voyeur thing, but probably having to dow tiht the fact that I never had an ant farm or an aquarium as a kid. Maybe Goodle Earth is my aquarium.

if it works the way we're told it does, geodec is like a dream come true. think of all the possibilities. with location aware cameras for example it'd be the basis of a collaborative map a la flickr, (something which i wrote about in "Mapping the Interactive City", in Cameraworks Journal, Volume 32(1) Spring-Summer 2005, San Francisco Cameraworks Inc., publisher, pp. 32-37). the system that dr. powell's lab has set up would also be absolutely perfect for the hunter/gatherer project, as it would allow the huner to see gatherer in real time as he ran around the map of campus (see my blog posts for more information on this game). dr powell expressed his desire to develop collaborations with the imd, i hope that this one could be one of the first.