Should cyberspace be free or paid?
Simple question but as we could be on the brink of creating a new space for humans to exist within, should that cyberspace be free and open like the web or paid for like a game or service? PS This ...
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But look at the web and web based services, most are free to use and open to all, google, youtube, facebook, twitter to name a few of the many web based services/systems that are free to use.
On the flip side there has been a massive change to mobile games from P2P to F2P.
And all of these technologies piggyback on internet/telecommunication services the machines that make the internet work.
As will any 3D view of a cyberspace's be it a download or streamed experience.
On the one hand I think we need the backbone of cyberspace to be a 3d version of the web, a set of linked spaces that anyone can traverse and build.
Ideally this free and open "Oasis" would provide the VR pioneers to learn/develop and grow their skills.
The current trend to the walled gardens of app stores, locks in and may limit that freedom of expression.
For instance there have been many cases of games and apps that have been rejected by Apple for being too political or in poor taste, e.g. Smuggle Truck had to be rebranded to Snuggle Truck.
Or if you take the concept of cyberspace and just have a single street, will there be only one store the cyberspace equivalent of Amazon and one almighty search demon to summon like google.
Actually you might have missed a fourth option, the data a system gathers on it's users, these open and free systems are ideal systems to gather this marketing or big brother data set. And that kind of information can be worth millions to companies and governments.
On the flip side there has been a massive change to mobile games from P2P to F2P.
And all of these technologies piggyback on internet/telecommunication services the machines that make the internet work.
As will any 3D view of a cyberspace's be it a download or streamed experience.
On the one hand I think we need the backbone of cyberspace to be a 3d version of the web, a set of linked spaces that anyone can traverse and build.
Ideally this free and open "Oasis" would provide the VR pioneers to learn/develop and grow their skills.
The current trend to the walled gardens of app stores, locks in and may limit that freedom of expression.
For instance there have been many cases of games and apps that have been rejected by Apple for being too political or in poor taste, e.g. Smuggle Truck had to be rebranded to Snuggle Truck.
Or if you take the concept of cyberspace and just have a single street, will there be only one store the cyberspace equivalent of Amazon and one almighty search demon to summon like google.
Actually you might have missed a fourth option, the data a system gathers on it's users, these open and free systems are ideal systems to gather this marketing or big brother data set. And that kind of information can be worth millions to companies and governments.