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 Euro
a 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,
- receipts,
Origami cards will - diagnosis reports,
be used in regular - health history
healthcare as 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 having
a 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
carpet!
I found
knives! No, that’s
the snake
It’s a
snake
Is it a I think it’s an
wing? 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
role of the future web
the

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