Social Media has already changed the future in my opinion. If you think of where we were three years ago this is very apparent. In fact, according to the module for this assignment, AT&T’s mobile traffic has increased by 4932% in the past three year. That is quite significant as the where we’re heading in terms of social media. Keep in mind, that’s just based on the increase of a single company’s mobile data. Studies have shown that 46% of user that are younger than 35 prefer mobile devices for social media. The future is going to be a portable one, that’s for sure.
Samsung’s new Galaxy S II X Smart Phone has a dual code 1.5Ghz Processor (which is about the equivalent of the new dual core netbooks) and has better graphic capabilities than that of a netbook. Having a 4-5” smart phone that has more power than a 10”+ netbook or notebook that fits in your pocket you don’t have to think about whether to take it with you, you just do. This is of course the reason that social media tools can, will, and continue to be accessed anywhere.
Microsoft introduced a new social media game called Avatar that allows users to hang out and do things with other people using the Kinect Sensor for the X-Box 360. Right now it’s unclear if this game will be successful, but think about what’s happening here. We now have the ability to have a virtual party, with props, interactive objects, and pretty much everything that’s available in real life in a real world simulator. It’s interesting for sure. Being able to virtually interact with other people in other country in a virtual world sounds like a fun thing to do.
Games are heading toward a more portable and social aspect. There are more gamers now than there has ever been. Social media helped with that as games are being promoted on facebook, twitter, you name it and I’m sure there’s been a game add or perhaps a simple facebook game that someone got hooked on. Personally I believe that the game market will start becoming much more dominated by the mobile market such as smart phones than any other platform. What do you think?
im with you 100%, games are definitely the future,however i dont believe that computer games are the future i believe that cell phone games and socailmedia site gamesare the ones that will gain popularity. i think tha the virtual interacting is weird right now. if we pan to stay in our houses all the time then whats the point of life?
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