AUGMENTED WHAT?
Web 4.0 - a double-edged sword for creative thinking
WHO I AM?
• Senior   web-developer at a Cambridge based web-agency

• Product
        design and manufacture engineer from
 Loughborough

  • Rapid   prototyping

  • CNC     machining

• Want   to make a difference

• @digitales
A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY

• Web    0.0 - Text based

• Web 1.0 - Humble
 beginnings

• Web    2.0 - Read/write web

• Web    3.0 - Semantic web

• Web    4.0 - Making it real
 again
WEB 1.0
               COMMUNICATION
• Brochure    sites

• One   way communication - publish once

• Expensive
          to create and server - £1000s for servers/
 equipment

• Publishers   create content, then consumers/ visitors read it.

  • Like   traditional media - Television
WEB 2.0
           5 MINUTES OF FAME
• Coinedin 2003 at O’Reilly media conference. Also know as
 read/ write web

• Opened   up the web - two way communication

• Collaboration   - Wikis, Blogs (commenting), video sharing

• Facebook, Twitter

• Amazon   - web 1.0 and web 2.0
WEB 3.0
                           SEMANTICS
• Adding    meaning to content

 • Geo-coordinates          on photos - Flickr, Facebook

 • Geo-coordinates          on messages - Twitter

 • Meta     data on photos, e.g. camera details on Flickr

• 234   billion websites (December 2009)*

• Aid   in discoverability / find-ability
             * http://royal.pingdom.com/2010/01/22/internet-2009-in-numbers/
WEB 4.0
        MAKING A DIFFERENCE

• Speculation   on my part

• Buildingupon the semantic web to bring information back to
 the real world - Making information tangible.

• Couldbe natural progression of e-commerce - uniting old
 technology with new media - magazines, printing (2D and 3D)
WEB 4.0
ONE POSSIBLE FUTURE
PARISIAN GET AWAY
NABAZTAG
                     WIFI RABBIT
• Created   by Violet sold for around £100

• API

• Second    version added RF ID reader

• Light
      system - Weather, e-mail, messages,
 stock market

• Speaker   - receive music, jokes
AUGMENTED REALITY
• Add   extra-information via a screen on the real world

 • Following   GSP co-ordinates - treasure hunts

 • QR    codes

   • Pepsi   bottle labels

   • DVD     cases for 3D effects

 • iPhone/   android apps
8 FACES & 24 WAYS
  NEW MEDIA, OLD TECH
     COLLABORATIVE
•8   Faces - online collaboration

• 24
   ways - online advent calendar turned into printed
 book

• Postcrossing.com
                 - sending random postcards
 around the world - spreading culture and
 experiences
INTELLIGENT PEOPLE


•   Tech support - computer eating floppy
    disks, so please e-mail instead.

•   Web-page scrolling
GPS / SAT NAV
• Obvious    when people just follow GPS - they drive erratically

• Although useful, they can reduce the ability to read maps or do
 route planning.

• Stanhope  ford - since 2001, emergency
 services rescued 23 vehicles stuck in ford.

 • Closed at start of 2008 Reopened April
   2008. Within hours 2 people already got
   stranded. It’s still closed.
COMPUTER SAYS NO

• Blindly   follow computer

• Strict
      systems to guide people
 without them needing to think

• Spell    checking
SOCIAL NETWORKS
• Building
         the trust of their users whilsts learning their bahaviour
 and interests

• Started    recommending friends

• Good   expanding networks

• Oncethey trust a system, people can blindly follow
 recommendations - good for companies, users might loose
 out

• Twitteris slightly different, if there is too much noise, it’s easy
 to unfollow to stop it.
MEETUP.COM

• Good      tagging and categorisation of groups

• Send out regular recommendations, but the idea is to bring
  together people in the real world.

• People     choose the categories to subscribe too

• It’s   the choice of the user not the company
MAKING THINGS REAL AGAIN

• Rapid   prototyping

• Laser   cutting

• 3D   printing

• Nike    shoes
SKYNET, OR A BETTER WORLD

• It’s
     down to us to make the most of the incredible
  opportunities that the web represents in relation to the
  products we design

• Although   a lot of benefits can be gained, history indicates that
  it can lead to a loss of creative thinking when the freedom of
  expression is removed for the sake of productivity.

• Convenience   often triumphs over quality - Vinyl, CD, Mp3
QUESTIONS?
 Discussion time ....

Web 4.0

  • 1.
    AUGMENTED WHAT? Web 4.0- a double-edged sword for creative thinking
  • 2.
    WHO I AM? •Senior web-developer at a Cambridge based web-agency • Product design and manufacture engineer from Loughborough • Rapid prototyping • CNC machining • Want to make a difference • @digitales
  • 3.
    A LITTLE BITOF HISTORY • Web 0.0 - Text based • Web 1.0 - Humble beginnings • Web 2.0 - Read/write web • Web 3.0 - Semantic web • Web 4.0 - Making it real again
  • 4.
    WEB 1.0 COMMUNICATION • Brochure sites • One way communication - publish once • Expensive to create and server - £1000s for servers/ equipment • Publishers create content, then consumers/ visitors read it. • Like traditional media - Television
  • 5.
    WEB 2.0 5 MINUTES OF FAME • Coinedin 2003 at O’Reilly media conference. Also know as read/ write web • Opened up the web - two way communication • Collaboration - Wikis, Blogs (commenting), video sharing • Facebook, Twitter • Amazon - web 1.0 and web 2.0
  • 6.
    WEB 3.0 SEMANTICS • Adding meaning to content • Geo-coordinates on photos - Flickr, Facebook • Geo-coordinates on messages - Twitter • Meta data on photos, e.g. camera details on Flickr • 234 billion websites (December 2009)* • Aid in discoverability / find-ability * http://royal.pingdom.com/2010/01/22/internet-2009-in-numbers/
  • 7.
    WEB 4.0 MAKING A DIFFERENCE • Speculation on my part • Buildingupon the semantic web to bring information back to the real world - Making information tangible. • Couldbe natural progression of e-commerce - uniting old technology with new media - magazines, printing (2D and 3D)
  • 8.
  • 9.
  • 10.
    NABAZTAG WIFI RABBIT • Created by Violet sold for around £100 • API • Second version added RF ID reader • Light system - Weather, e-mail, messages, stock market • Speaker - receive music, jokes
  • 11.
    AUGMENTED REALITY • Add extra-information via a screen on the real world • Following GSP co-ordinates - treasure hunts • QR codes • Pepsi bottle labels • DVD cases for 3D effects • iPhone/ android apps
  • 12.
    8 FACES &24 WAYS NEW MEDIA, OLD TECH COLLABORATIVE •8 Faces - online collaboration • 24 ways - online advent calendar turned into printed book • Postcrossing.com - sending random postcards around the world - spreading culture and experiences
  • 13.
    INTELLIGENT PEOPLE • Tech support - computer eating floppy disks, so please e-mail instead. • Web-page scrolling
  • 14.
    GPS / SATNAV • Obvious when people just follow GPS - they drive erratically • Although useful, they can reduce the ability to read maps or do route planning. • Stanhope ford - since 2001, emergency services rescued 23 vehicles stuck in ford. • Closed at start of 2008 Reopened April 2008. Within hours 2 people already got stranded. It’s still closed.
  • 15.
    COMPUTER SAYS NO •Blindly follow computer • Strict systems to guide people without them needing to think • Spell checking
  • 16.
    SOCIAL NETWORKS • Building the trust of their users whilsts learning their bahaviour and interests • Started recommending friends • Good expanding networks • Oncethey trust a system, people can blindly follow recommendations - good for companies, users might loose out • Twitteris slightly different, if there is too much noise, it’s easy to unfollow to stop it.
  • 17.
    MEETUP.COM • Good tagging and categorisation of groups • Send out regular recommendations, but the idea is to bring together people in the real world. • People choose the categories to subscribe too • It’s the choice of the user not the company
  • 18.
    MAKING THINGS REALAGAIN • Rapid prototyping • Laser cutting • 3D printing • Nike shoes
  • 19.
    SKYNET, OR ABETTER WORLD • It’s down to us to make the most of the incredible opportunities that the web represents in relation to the products we design • Although a lot of benefits can be gained, history indicates that it can lead to a loss of creative thinking when the freedom of expression is removed for the sake of productivity. • Convenience often triumphs over quality - Vinyl, CD, Mp3
  • 20.

Editor's Notes

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  • #5 - Landing pages / sites\n- No interaction from the users.\n- Like TV - high cost of entry\n- Not like Radio - this has lower cost of entry\n
  • #6 Collaborative platform, everyone can read content and have the tools to publish content - leading to a 2 way communication platform\nCompanies interact directly with customers - Giraffe restaurant use it to improve clientele loyalty\nRead/ write web - Tim Berners-Lee\n
  • #7 Semantic web will use meta data to add meaning to content- ease with find-ability\nTrueknowldge is a good example of the next stage in search engines\n
  • #8 Using web / internet information to enhance the real world.\n
  • #9 \n
  • #10 Take photos (tag them), booking confirmations via e-mail, write blog post, buy souvenir from Eiffel tower\nWant to see photos from trip, wave the souvenir at a digit photo frame, or place it near to the frame. A slideshow of pictures appear\n\n- A few years have passed and you want to go back to Paris, but can’t remember the nice hotel you stayed in\n Pick up the trinket/ souvenir to get the trip information, then visually choose the information you want. The power of the internet can then find the up-to-date hotel information.\n- Make finding things easier\n- rediscover lost treasures - like toy chest from your past that you could find in your parents’ house attic/ loft.\n-Different type of interface could open up the benefits to more people - old, disabled etc\n
  • #11 \n
  • #12 Using information to add meaning\n- Museums or historical landmarks\n-Translations\n- London Tube - http://www.presselite.com/iphone/londontube/\n
  • #13 - 8 faces - the team is all around the world, web tech allowed them to keep in touch and create the magazine.\n- 24 ways - using old technology (printing) to enhance online media\n- Postcrossing - sending postcards to random people around the world.\n
  • #14 Tech support - computer eating floppy disks\n- Charity funder not knowing webpage scrolling was possible\n- only found out when one day she asked why the paragraphs sometimes ended at odd places.\nPeople don't want to feel silly/ stupid- so they don't ask questions of things or systems they don't understand.\n- Older generation like to understand how things work, computers are just too complex to be able to understand exactly what makes them tick/ work.\n
  • #15 Man drowns in lake : http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Spain-Drowning-Drive-Lake-La-Serena,news-8202.html\nhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/uk-drivers-trust-gps-more-than-their-own-eyes/\n\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11697555\nStanhope in county Durham\n- Since 2001, emergency services have rescued - closed at start of 2008 - reopened april 2008 - afew hours later 2 people got stranded and needed rescuing.\n\nhttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article707216.ece\n- Locals in Luckingham - helping stranded motorists, at a cost.\n- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/8259800.stm\n- driver left car teetering off cliff edge after driving on footpath - sat nav told him to0. Robert Jones, 43, £370 fine + £500 damages and £15 victim surcharge.\n
  • #16 Spell checking - copy writer at work used to shout at his computer everything it auto-corrected his copy text into American English.\n
  • #17 \n
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  • #19 Laser cutting saved my final year project.\nBrother e-mailed CAD designs of his shelf designs to a company\n- they machine them, and delivered them to him. It all fits together without glue - self supporting.\n
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