Exploring Doors From Future Webs

Atlas Of The Future

Exploring Doors From Future Webs

Real Life

there is a border of screen

dividing our lives

Web Life

Welcome to the world of omnipresent Digital Ether

Web of things: each “thing” is connected to the “web”

“Look forward and carry a big stick”© Jake Dunagan, Institute For The Future

We can reach out and touch possible futures — if only we will have some tools, some “artifacts from futures”.

Origami:

Imagine next generation of electronic paper- touch-surface, - camera and - Internet connection

Sounds like smartphones, but ultra-thin and cheap.

1-5 Euroa piece

Because there is no need to have- GSM module- Storage- CPU- Active display- Battery

Origami:

You will have a plenty of cards.

Origami:

Not a personal device, but a medium for communication.

You will share them with others.

You will receive new cards from other people.

For example,

Origami cards will be used in regular healthcare as

- receipts, - diagnosis reports,- health history

It will also remind you about taking prescripted pills.

Avatar cards —next generation of business cards

- sharing is easy- CV included- works as a phone, video chat and messaging window- still fits in your wallet

Business cards apply to MMORPG avatars as well.

You will see more about real world objects through these cards.

- ratings,- recommendations,- comparison with analogues,- deep details

Is it like havinga Wikipedia in your pocket?

An Origami card allows you- to see,- to capture and - to interact

with information from Digital Ether.

Using these cards as a tool, we are starting to see the future of Digital Ether.

“Blind Men And The Elephant Of Futures”

Future

We need to start sharing our experiences to gain a chance of finding whole elephant

It’s a snake

No, that’s the snake

It’s a carpet!I found

knives!

Is it a wing?

I think it’s an antic column

Since future is’not predefined,

We are shaping our future while touching it.

The Current Web is a playground for start-ups,some of them evolve and change the web.

The only role of The Future Web is to become a playground of evolving futures.

I’ve told you a story about

Digital Ether,

Artifacts From Futures and

Origami Cards in particular,

“Wiki” nature of futures and

the role of the future web

Let’s play now: imagine you have Origami Cards in your pocket already.What would you going to do with them?