Big media and technologies melting pot
Did you notice how the different media and technologies are converging?
We have:
- movies + computer graphics (almost every movie is concerned if we take special effects into account)
- internet + games (is an example really needed?)
- games + movies + animation (Machinima, Half Life 2 - chef-d'oeuvre!)
- internet + radio (SHOUTcast)
- internet + phone + TV (Free)
- computer + phone (Skype)
- computer + books (still not really catched on, we're waiting for the electronic paper...)
- internet + music (remember that Napster thing?)
- internet + pictures (c'mon, we all know pix from your last holidays are online somewhere!)
- computer + music + pictures + video (personal computer is hosting all digital media)
- phone + photos + video + music + text + internet (new phones)
- ...and a lot more combinations (which would also include news and e-mails, for example)!
Hard to think of an appliance or technology that is dedicated to one thing only nowadays.
According to you, what's coming next?