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There are lots of people that film every moment of their sporting or driving life. Nowadays you can put a camera on a cycle helmet and record the whole ride in
by Theodores 10y ago
There are lots of people that film every moment of their sporting or driving life. Nowadays you can put a camera on a cycle helmet and record the whole ride in glorious 4K. To do that at the turn of the century you would have needed a support vehicle full of kit. Soon recording is going to be ubiquitous - much like how on the latest phones you can go forward/back a few seconds to get the shot you really wanted, you will soon be able to go forward/back a few hours, probably with A.I. able to detect where you are and get the photos you would have taken had you consciously thought to take pictures.
Let's be clear over this 'living for the moment' stuff that artists say. Yes they would prefer a 'live' audience that is engaged rather than the 'society of the spectacle' people viewing their life through an instagram-shared lens. But the reality is that people record stuff and enjoy doing so. We are marching towards that personal CCTV always recording world and maybe the realisation of that will mean people won't fuss over recording their lives, they will get back to 'living the moment' happy they have every moment backed up in the cloud.
These same people that record concerts and other things are the same people that do the word of mouth needed for these artists to be successful. Old media does not work, people do not buy 'New Musical Express' to find a gig to go to. The internet really has taken over and instead of complaining, these artists should just get to grips with the reality of the situation.
Instead of these phone cases, I would urge a mass hand out of some type of baseball cap with a 4K 3D 60Hz camera built in to the front. In that way everyone could record their version of a good time, to do whatever with it. We could then go back to engaged audiences, albeit wearing silly hats/goggles.
- Overtonwindow 10y agoOh wow I like that hat idea! That would be cool. Give me a Google Glass or some kind of embedded camera that I can take the memories with me.