Section 1 / Pages 26 - 27

• Image Quality. HDTV (High Definition TV) is becoming the norm, so the VR models where to be created with this level of detail from the outset so allowing them to enjoy a very long shelf life, obviously most current home network connections couldn't squeeze this level of detail to the average end user, (bandwidth limitations would prevent it, although compression technology is making this less of a problem So the level of detail and the complexity of the CG models seen at the users end would have depended upon the modeling software employed, but scaled version’s of the models should have been capable of being squeezed down whichever pipe (network connection) the end user had. See section 3 for more on this. This is becoming less and less a problem, as bandwidth increases.

• Future Proof. Just as with any technology driven industry there is usually the risk of becoming obsolete after a certain time, but  the franchised database concept was seen as being future proof. What has to be considered, is that any mass produced platform, will always take time to develop and to get to market so giving advanced warning of what is to come. This means the databases could have always been ready for whatever hardware the mass market used –THE DATABASES WHERE TO HAVE BEEN PLATFORM INDEPENDENT - (I.e. it was envisioned as being able to eventually connect to any net device capable). The virtual images contained would have remained the property of the operator and if some new higher quality modelling system came out etc, then the system was to be updated online, along with any of the models or images. Also, because the system was seen as developing into a globally franchised network, then some markets would have developed later than others, so giving the 3D models and sounds an extremely long shelf life.

• Customised Software.  Most people love to watch movies and like to see their favorite actors, pop stars etc. The network could have allowed the end users to interact with their favorite A.I. controlled actors or pop stars or any virtualised character. This would have been one of the most interesting and probably most lucrative aspects of the databases abilities. If it had managed to become globally franchised, then each of the franchisees could have inputted their own local celebrities and background imagery etc. In this way the networks image, sound and avatar database could have grown, so cost effectively increasing the content contained within the network.

• Proof Of How Much Virtual Characters Can Be Worth. The biggest virtual character to date is LARA CROFT the star of all the Tomb Raider games; she has been in adverts and all sorts of other merchandised goods. She is actually worth more than all of the Spice Girls put together. Lara Croft is just one character; the developers of the concept could have owned the rights to millions. Also the Tomb Raider movies, go to show just how big the games industry has become. Lara has made Eidos a bloody fortune, but at the end of the day, lARA, is just another piece of virtual real estate for rent.

• Telecommunications Companies: - These companies face and have faced up to the digital revolution, seeing as how there is only so much they can make from line rental. As all phone calls and Internet connections may soon become free, then these companies will have to find a new source of income. This will come from the uploading of content to a mass audience. Most telecommunications giants are in static markets, but the proposal tried to show that it was possible to break into these markets and exploit existing set-ups. The following is an extract that was seen as way of highlighting this issue.

• The cyber sex industry obviously the system could have been used to provide all sorts of virtual characters and romantic settings. The incorporation of force feedback devices could have allowed the comically named teledildonics industry a new avenue for their creations and wares. The net and the sex industry are now synonymously linked, but the revenues that could have been generated from this section of users, could have been very substantial. If your into this type of thing, then check out The Red Light Center basically an adult version of second life.

• BT  Share's Local Loops With Rivals: - UK consumers will be able to keep their BT phone services whilst taking a data service down the same phone line from a rival operator. The unbundling of local loops in the US, has managed to significantly stimulate ISP growth and this has also happened in the UK. In respect to the system, this simply equated to more network operators to exploit. Bandwidth and content are seen as the future markets for all communication companies, BT and the UK government are pushing to get all UK homes connected via fiber optic by 2010 (no chance).

• Digital cable and satellite boxes are the start of the mass audience VR revolution, the virtual middlemen are already in your home, these systems will keep increasing in capability until they reach the vision, proposed throughout this ebook.

• The Display Industry:- The introduction of full colour flexible low cost display mediums, will eventually give users the ability to fold screens up into smaller packages. There are many new types of displays being worked on, from screens using organic light emitting diodes to screens utilising new techniques in manufacturing polymers (imagine a plastic or liquid screen). This is all leading to what the industry is calling E-ink or paper, a cheap, mass produced display that could receive information, just like a laptop, except these future net devices could also be folded up like a newspaper. Home systems will also become more discreet, flat panel displays hanging on walls etc, displaying both TV and internet content plus your new virtual reality environments. Also check out Liquid crystal on silicon technology /  plasma TV technologies / Nanotube Field Emission Displays / photonic textiles + Light Emitting Polymers or for an easier read see (LEP). Toshiba have already produced a large super-slim polysilicon TFT  LCD display, which is a precursor to producing foldable screens, you should check this and Organic Thin Film Transistor technology (OTFT). My money is on mini holographic laser projectors and Super Hi-Vision (SHV) or UHD, coming in at a resolution of 7680 x 4320 pixels or maybe Imax 3d at home, there are people working on it.

• In The Next Two Sections:- I will provide a more in depth explanation of certain aspects raised here. Plus how the network, if it had been fully developed, could have been used to provide its own TV content along with the possibility of providing the infrastructure to build up an extremely smart Artificial Intelligence system.

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