Lawks! The future is here!
When you think of the future, specifically the way things will look, what better reference than movies? That’s my motto. Despite the credibility-saving reality check most will experience when confronted with the question “What will the future look like?”, causing them to reply “Pretty much the same, only teenager will have even more ridiculous hair”, it’s safe to say that people will immediately think of flying cars, hologram phones, robot butlers, spacecraft etc.
Yeah? Not even a little? Liar.
Now, one of the myriad lifestyle changes you’d expect to encounter would be media entertainment that’s a step beyond anything we have now. Perhaps, 3D TV and gaming? Well, maybe I’m late to the party, but today I saw an exhibition (Videogame Nation, at Manchester Urbis gallery), one section of which was an article about 3D videogames. Apparently, the technology already exists and games are already in a testing phase. This is mindblowing, particularly to someone who hasn’t really had an extended gaming session since the days of Dreamcast. Perhaps this is something of which the gaming communities have been informed every step of the way. To a casual observer, however, we’re pretty much getting to Back to the Future 2 territory.
To cap it off, in the space of one commercial break tonight, two ads for hybrid cars. One was the Prius (sp?) and one was a Lexus of some description (I realise I’m about 10 seconds away from the answers because of the Almighty Google, but sod it). Cars that run on electricity. Now, they definitely have been around a while, pissing off Republicans everywhere, but we’re not far away from making the break from petrol now, surely? In fact, on BBC2’s Top Gear last year, I recall seeing a car which ran on compressed hydrogen, emitted only water, and was being used on a trial basis in California. Get that sucker out here! Then make it fly!
Sometimes, you’ve got to take a step back, wash off that cynicism and marvel at how some people are making things better. Robot butlers can wait. They’ll only take over anyway.
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