digital

convergence

perspectives: digital convergence

• historical - media development

• sociological - communication

• psychological - experience

• aesthetical - creation (gesamtkunstwerk)

• technical - media, platforms, networking

• philosophical - (being) digital

• commercial - gadgets & services

history is no longer written

it is editededgecodes

digital

experience

TV is a medium

it is neither welldone, nor rare

consumers

become

producers

Personal

Area

Networks

PAN

(X)AN with X in { L, W, U, … }

digitalidentity

http://www.timart.nl/digital/poetry.html

Unity

through

Diversity

visions&

dreams

digital convergence: issues

• interoperability -- tools, authoring, display

• support -- TV, PC, PDA, GSM, P-gadgets

• literacy --

“When the game generation reachesmanagement levels, digital convergence(3D & VR GUI) will becomeacceptable …”

AEliens Web3D, 2001

perspectives: digital convergence

• historical - media development timeline• sociological - communication relations• psychological - experience limits• aesthetical - dynamics of creation• technical - divergence & competition• philosophical - re-mediation• commercial - what is your economic model?