Acte I
Le Web, de la préhistoire informatique à un espace
fusionnant virtuel et réel
L’inteconnexion générale des hommes,
des lieux et des objets est pour bientôt. Le Web sort des PC pour conquérir les
voitures, les téléphones, les réfrigérateurs, les serrures, tout. Les interfaces
progressent : la voix, le regard, le toucher, l’odorat deviennent des vecteurs de
transmission d’informations aussi importants – mais plus riches, plus
instinctifs – que la souris. L’explosion des débits et des technologies
informatiques transforment le monde en un continuum de réalités plus ou moins
virtuelles.
"The deep
personalization of content that is customized for our preferences, that remembers who we
are, and organizes in nanoseconds, in real-time, what we want, will be essential. More
intelligent searching technology, voice and gesture driven, will be a central feature of
the future Net. The entire experience of being online will become natural and intuitive,
mimicking human interaction.
The merging of the physical and the virtual
world will have a profound impact on education, entertainment, and health care. Doctors
will be on the Net as they operate on patients; education will become an experience of
cyber-traveling to engage in synthetic adventures; entertainment will become interactive,
sensory, and infinite in its possibilities; nothing will be taboo.
We will digitize sensory information such as
smell, touch, sight, and sound — even emotions. Biometric recognition and
force-feedback technology will make the Net a fully interactive sensory experience. There
is no doubt that there will be a dark side to all this digital bounty. Invasions of
privacy, identity theft, stolen digital cash, abuses of medical and personal information
will also be common. The future doesn't come without its baggage. Pack light."
Dr. James Canton, President de l’Institute for Global Futures
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