Does anyone else think that the internet has reached its final form?

[chrstrbrts]

It dawned on me that the internet doesn't really have anywhere else to go.

What I mean is, I think that it has reached its final form.

After all, we have the ability to deliver static text and images, animation, dynamic content, audio and video, we can download / upload files, we have live streaming video, and we have real-time two way video communication.

Besides replacing the monitor with some kind of holographic projector, I don't really see how else the internet can grow or change.

I guess we can try to make the internet faster, especially in places where it's quite slow like the USA.

But, that's really it.....besides the holograms of course.

 

[Jeff7]

Next big step: Direct neural interface to PCs, and the fun Internet-based things you could do with that.

 

[Crono]

You fool! The internet hasn't even begun to reach its final form! Wait till you see its TRUE power! *powers up for 10 years*

 

[Mayne]

do you remember geocities? lol

 

[MaxDepth]

Nope. Still changing. Think of it this way, how much of the web is still silent? Oh sure, you get automatic on videos for CNN, ESPN and those but how much of it are you still reading?

HTML 5 at the end of the day is still HTML. It is still bound by GET and POST. What you click on is still, by and large, serendipity. Yes, you can herd people to what you want them to see but that can be wrecked by an unforeseen event that pulls the user into a different direction.

I think the undeveloped side is telemetry. People are just now understanding that security is key when you go traipsing through the web. So how much data are willing to give and does it come as a cost (both ways)? The next bit is to deliver web pages to you through your personalized behaviors. It will move the worlds population more to a centralized, bland digest of information and it will be easily consumable.

People also tend to forget the ghetto of the Internet where some of the older tools like Pine, Archie and Gopher still work.

 

[clamum]

Uh, no. I'd be really surprised if it's reached its FINAL FORM after only this short of time existing.

 

[chrstrbrts]

What do you think the next big thing will be?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Depends how you define "The Internet."

From a network perspective, it's IP addresses and TCP/UDP packets; everything running on top of that is just payload. To the routers and switches that connect a server in Europe to a cell phone in Cleveland, the payload doesn't matter; music, porn, holograms, whatever.

Migrating to IPv6 will be interesting, maybe. And bigger pipes are always welcome.

 

[Mayne]

If I knew I would be a billionaire

 

[Puffnstuff]

I believe that this is just the beginning and it will continue to evolve and change as mindsets and technology continue to change.

 

[MongGrel]

Of course not, cats have still not figured out how to reap complete mind domination yet.

 

[Crono]

The internet will reach it's final form when the deepest level of immersion makes it its own reality, with users having power indistinguishable from magic.

Right now we're in the intermediate phase, with augmented reality bringing overlays of the internet into the real world and virtual reality just starting to take off.

 

[flexy]

Next big step: Direct neural interface to PCs, and the fun Internet-based things you could do with that.

Of course. Direct sharing of emotions, memories...entire experiences. Not merely pictures or stories like now. This is only a question of time (possibly LOTS of time)...but will definitely happen.

 

[core2slow]

Ooh no lol. Its final form will be some kind of seamless neural transmission like the Oracles in Minority Report. Where every individual will have an "IP" address of sort to determine who we are, what we're doing, what we're looking for and to whom we're seeking the data from. Every piece of data is individually tagged by the user and we're all "connected" to one another in this giant "supernet" that was created by the Power That Be.

Your refusal to be a part of the supernet will deteriorate your mental capacity and dramatically lower your insights to the new inner workings of the world around you. The refusal to join is more detriment to your well being than not.

Ohh no, friends. We haven't even scrape the surface yet.

 

[IronWing]

Neural transmissions telling you that you really want to buy our crap.

 

[StinkyPinky]

I think a virtual reality internet is quite possible once VR becomes mature. So have a fully VR internet forum where people can talk in person, VR websites where (if looking for a car) you can visit their VR showroom and get inside the car and see what it looks like inside. Also augmented reality could be a thing in the future, like this...

 

[Puffnstuff]

Right when we all have surrogate personas surfing cyberspace interacting with each other in an almost real fantasy. Imagine if you owned the network that was tied into those people and wanted to see tons of crap. Just jack into their thoughts and plant memory engrams of what you want them to do and they'd think that those were their own thoughts.

 

[core2slow]

Neural transmissions telling you that you really want to buy our crap.

But you'll also have the cognitive insight into knowing that the product is shit (if it really is).

It's like having an unlimited supply of IQ and EQ, where just tapping into the supernet will opens up a vast pool of knowledge of everything imaginable. You can think like einstein or stephen hawkings one minute and the next, play like MJ for a quick pick up game. As you learn and grow, these data of knowledge, emotions, feelings, etc., will be cross-referenced by others and the least likely obtainable/used data will eventually fade out or override with better ones. It's honestly the only way that humans could break into the 5th wall...

 

[IronWing]

But you'll also have the cognitive insight into knowing that the product is shit (if it really is).

It's like having an unlimited supply of IQ and EQ, where just tapping into the supernet will opens up a vast pool of knowledge of everything imaginable. You can think like einstein or stephen hawkings one minute and the next, play like MJ for a quick pick up game. As you learn and grow, these data of knowledge, emotions, feelings, etc., will be cross-referenced by others and the least likely obtainable/used data will eventually fade out or override with better ones. It's honestly the only way that humans could break into the 5th wall...

So, the borg?

 

[core2slow]

So, the borg?

Are borgs devoid of self-value, personal thoughts,etc? I don't think we'll reach that critical point where our brain is essentially a blank hard drive taking in data, but I think the self awareness is still there, we still think how we think but now there's a surplus of info out there at our disposal whenever we need.

 

[Jeff7]

But you'll also have the cognitive insight into knowing that the product is shit (if it really is).

It's like having an unlimited supply of IQ and EQ, where just tapping into the supernet will opens up a vast pool of knowledge of everything imaginable. You can think like einstein or stephen hawkings one minute and the next, play like MJ for a quick pick up game. As you learn and grow, these data of knowledge, emotions, feelings, etc., will be cross-referenced by others and the least likely obtainable/used data will eventually fade out or override with better ones. It's honestly the only way that humans could break into the 5th wall...

Maybe.
I'm sure some dicks will find a way of poisoning that system, just like they have with reviews at places like Amazon: Freelancers posting dozens of "reviews" per hour to boost something's rating.

 

[core2slow]

Maybe.
I'm sure some dicks will find a way of poisoning that system, just like they have with reviews at places like Amazon: Freelancers posting dozens of "reviews" per hour to boost something's rating.

The system will be peer-reviewed based on the desired conclusion reached by the person who is requesting the data. I think any negative insights will get tagged as unfavorable and sink to the bottom.

 

[dawp]

only when I can upload my psyche. when will neuromancer be real.

 

[renz20003]

The final form of the Internet will be "grey goo"

 

[JTsyo]

Or maybe an Earth hive mind.