Monday, May 1, 2017

New.....Media?

So my college professor asked us to think about a new form of media that doesn't currently exist. First thing that comes to mind is Virtual Match-Making Social Media. What is that?! For some reason, when considering new media that could be possibly used in a widespread fashion, dating and VR comes to mind. I imagine a world where people would put on let's say, i.e. Plenty of Fish VR task specific set of goggles. Your retinas would get scanned, and you log in. Immediately, the user is in a virtual bar, surrounded by other single individuals. This is awesome, takes dating to the next level, and is helpful in a world where time to spare is scarce. You can meet face-to-face, and speak to others on digital first dates. You would be getting to know others before actually meeting in real life; this surely would beat texts and pointless conversations over the phone before dating! It is a definite new spin on Hot-Line/Internet Dating. On the other hand, it might have its cons, such as having most people drop the physical aspect of dating, until the time to court comes about. The physical aspects of a first date are crucial to a relationship, even though it is not lost this way; it's just changed. Even then, Judge Dredd (1995) comes to mind. In that film, a male police officer (known as a a Judge) is speaking to a potential female mate. Other than kissing and conducting in normal sexual behavior, the characters opt for VR goggles, and indulge in mental "orgasms". Matrix is another thing that comes to mind, because if not currently in view; we are basically building the mainframe for it (if it is in fact not made already) to be fathomable. We are all plugged into the restless world of the Internet on a daily basis, aren't we? Where does one draw the line between what is projected into and by the mind, and what is real and physical? This, though, falls into the good versus evil, A.I. and the rise of the machines rhetoric; and that is an entirely distinct topic unto itself.

Social Media and its effects. 2017

Social Media and its effects. 2017