Comments on: More Way Out Than EPIC http://acrlog.org/2007/06/18/more-way-out-than-epic/ Blogging by and for academic and research librarians Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vision of the future « Eric Jennings http://acrlog.org/2007/06/18/more-way-out-than-epic/comment-page-1/#comment-31438 Vision of the future « Eric Jennings Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:43:28 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/06/18/more-way-out-than-epic/#comment-31438 [...] Vision of the future Posted June 19, 2007 There are a couple videos I just came across that have an interesting vision of the future of information. One is called EPIC 2014. The other is Prometeus: The Media Revolution. [...] [...] Vision of the future Posted June 19, 2007 There are a couple videos I just came across that have an interesting vision of the future of information. One is called EPIC 2014. The other is Prometeus: The Media Revolution. [...]

]]> By: Barbara Fister http://acrlog.org/2007/06/18/more-way-out-than-epic/comment-page-1/#comment-31163 Barbara Fister Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:53:59 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/06/18/more-way-out-than-epic/#comment-31163 EPIC is much better - if only because it poses a genuine question. (The symbolism at the end of this clip may be an implied question - it is certainly raising speculation at the Tube that it's a plot. But it's not nearly so clear what we should be considering or why it matters.) I used EPIC with first year students last fall and they were disturbed because they didn't realize it was fictional. It was so plausible. This one doesn't have the documentary feel - it feels more like an advertisement. That creepy one with Anna Paquin - "there will be no there. We'll all be here." MCI. Yup, they're the ones who own those Internet tubes. Speaking of plausibility ... one bit that totally threw me out of the storyline ... BBC <i>follows</i> the New York Times?! puhhhleez. And then the joke about Lawrence Lessig abolishing copyright also annoyed me ... Might as well have thrown in that librarians are purveyors of pornography while you're at it, it's just as accurate. Donovan, thanks for the link. I've not been a fan of SL largely because it seems to be a replication of capitalism. Why would I want to visit a world where the object seems to be acquiring real estate, building things, selling things, and making money? Especially when its visually just slightly more exciting than Pong? I mean, I already live in that world, with better graphics. EPIC is much better – if only because it poses a genuine question. (The symbolism at the end of this clip may be an implied question – it is certainly raising speculation at the Tube that it’s a plot. But it’s not nearly so clear what we should be considering or why it matters.)

I used EPIC with first year students last fall and they were disturbed because they didn’t realize it was fictional. It was so plausible. This one doesn’t have the documentary feel – it feels more like an advertisement. That creepy one with Anna Paquin – “there will be no there. We’ll all be here.” MCI. Yup, they’re the ones who own those Internet tubes.

Speaking of plausibility … one bit that totally threw me out of the storyline … BBC follows the New York Times?! puhhhleez. And then the joke about Lawrence Lessig abolishing copyright also annoyed me … Might as well have thrown in that librarians are purveyors of pornography while you’re at it, it’s just as accurate.

Donovan, thanks for the link. I’ve not been a fan of SL largely because it seems to be a replication of capitalism. Why would I want to visit a world where the object seems to be acquiring real estate, building things, selling things, and making money? Especially when its visually just slightly more exciting than Pong? I mean, I already live in that world, with better graphics.

]]> By: IB Weblog » Blog Archive » EPIC 2.0, na ja http://acrlog.org/2007/06/18/more-way-out-than-epic/comment-page-1/#comment-31146 IB Weblog » Blog Archive » EPIC 2.0, na ja Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:26:12 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/06/18/more-way-out-than-epic/#comment-31146 [...] Im ACRL-Blog wird auf ein Youtube-Video namens Prometeus - The Media Revolution hingewiesen, das mir persönlich schon ein bisschen sehr vom mittlerweile mitten in der Halbwertszeit alternden EPIC 2014-Film inspiriert scheint. Was allerdings sicher Geschmackssache ist. [...] [...] Im ACRL-Blog wird auf ein Youtube-Video namens Prometeus – The Media Revolution hingewiesen, das mir persönlich schon ein bisschen sehr vom mittlerweile mitten in der Halbwertszeit alternden EPIC 2014-Film inspiriert scheint. Was allerdings sicher Geschmackssache ist. [...]

]]> By: lauren’s library blog » Blog Archive » links for 2007-06-19 http://acrlog.org/2007/06/18/more-way-out-than-epic/comment-page-1/#comment-31133 lauren’s library blog » Blog Archive » links for 2007-06-19 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:37:26 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/06/18/more-way-out-than-epic/#comment-31133 [...] More Way Out Than EPIC If you thought EPIC 2014 was way out there… here’s another video for you! (tags: video) [...] [...] More Way Out Than EPIC If you thought EPIC 2014 was way out there… here’s another video for you! (tags: video) [...]

]]> By: Donavan Vicha http://acrlog.org/2007/06/18/more-way-out-than-epic/comment-page-1/#comment-31084 Donavan Vicha Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:20:04 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2007/06/18/more-way-out-than-epic/#comment-31084 Re: the Second Life references in the video, it's certain they were throwing around recognizable names to ensure better understanding. I thought I'd toss in a link to other likely candidates for the virtual pipeline: http://www.metaversed.com/16-jun-2007/walled-gardens-and-utopian-metaversal-roadmap Re: the Second Life references in the video, it’s certain they were throwing around recognizable names to ensure better understanding. I thought I’d toss in a link to other likely candidates for the virtual pipeline: http://www.metaversed.com/16-jun-2007/walled-gardens-and-utopian-metaversal-roadmap

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