Week 1 Questions

Article 1 Question: What are some reasons that in the beginning days of animation, it was not regarded as “art” or given much respect? Why wasn’t it aimed toward adults more?

Article 2 Question: What technique/technology do you see becoming the next big thing in animation? Does the historical progression of technique/technology give us any clues to the future of animation?

Article 3 Question: If such a metaverse were created, how might this affect the animation world? Will machinima-esque animation become more prevalent? Will fully animated works be created with the metaverse engine?

Question Answer:
Will Google Earth or Second life ever go too far where people live their entire life online like in the Matrix or have too much information out there like blue prints of the White House available for download for terrorists?

I believe that some people already take similar services way too far. Take the mmorpg, World of Warcraft, for example. It has been widely publicized that there are many people who spend literally the majority of their days on this service, which is just a single game. I think this is definitely a concern that the authorities at be, who are going to be creating such metaverses, need to be considering. If huge companies like Google and Linden Labs are going to be controlling the service, it is likely that it will be detrimental to our everyday lives such as the standard internet is now. This brings up concerns that this will be so vital to our lives that overuse will be an issue. I personally see services such as these to be a sort of side kick to the ever evolving internet. As far as secure information is concerned, I think this will always be an issue with networks of information. There will always be a form of vulnerability, such as the internet is susceptible to hackers and viruses at present times. I’m sure that the powers that be will be running some pretty tough security systems, if such a regulated virtual world were to ever come to fruition. Although, anything that is engineered can usually be reversed engineered by a certain group of individuals willing to put the time into it. Only time will tell!
-Alex Sokovich