Connected World How the internet is changing the way we learn, grow and discover Chris Melissinos Founder, Past Pixels, LLC
Nov 11, 2014
Connected WorldHow the internet is changing the way we learn, grow and discover
Chris Melissinos
Founder, Past Pixels, LLC
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Introduction
former Chief Evangelist and Chief Gaming Officer, host of JavaOne - Sun Microsystems
led client and server game technology development 10+ years
Founder of Past Pixels, LLC
Guest Curator, Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Potter Puppet Pals
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Fox News Channel, 3.92 million viewers 77,823,633 unique views
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Statement
access to technology & connectivity has permanently changed the parameters
of human interaction and reach
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Overnight?
Source: idFive
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consumers have ONLY lived with “The Internet” for 16 years
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Rise of “You”
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Why so fast?
access to information?
avenue of creation?
access to entertainment?
avenue to meaningful connections?
YES!....and no
what we do with technology is more important
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SmileTechnology achieves its highest purpose
when it makes us happy
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technology is cheap and pervasive
access to games and computers
technology permeating pop culture through games and social sites
gamers are no longer a sub-set
drivers of new technology adoption are 5 - 14 years old
multi-generational connection
What’s happening?
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The Lonely Computerhumans require interaction to survive
play is a vital part of all cultures
discovery, self reflection, limitations, rule sets, environmental examination
computers allowed us to avoid human interaction
fighting half a million years of socialization
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Not surprising
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Reflectionsaccess to content creation tools
inexpensive connectivity
commodity technology
allows people to see the humanity in their creations
entertainment, at the consumer level, is the purest route to technology adoption
the internet is one of the most important communication mediums in the history of mankind...
...and it is, without a doubt, the most transformative
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1982“Can a Computer Make You Cry?”
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this is only the beginning
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will this medium mean more to futuregenerations than it does to us today?
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without question
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technology’s presence and influence in society
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Geek culture
music comics & art fashiontelevision
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Geek culture
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YouTube stars
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Social good
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Games in the world
“Ghosts of a Chance” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
mash-up of traditional web technologies
build on community
built on participation
provides amazingly accurate trend analysis
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Interwoven
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My wife, the “non-gamer”
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Education
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As art?!?
. . . . . .
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The Art of Video Gamespresent the evolution of the art form across generations of technology
reveal “echos” of design that persist generation to generation
elevate the opportunity that video games represent as an artistic medium
observe the intertwined relationship between games, technology and society over the past 40 years
demonstrate the influence of popular culture, technology, social issues on the designers and artists
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Recapthe Internet is the most powerful, transformative communication platform in the history of mankind
our children will never know a world without global connection
new generations are driving the application of multiple communication vectors
games and play are becoming important components of discovery, communication and education
games and media are being accepted as norms
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it is still early days, we don’t have all ofthe answers yet, but the opportunityfor future generations is staggering