http://nano.xerox.com/hypertext/weiser/SciAmDraft3.html by the legendary late scientist mark weiser
実はユビキタ酢商売に就いてるくせに、初めてちゃんと読みました。ユビ北スの風上に置かれて来なかったのはこのせいか
「ユーザインタフェイス」とかじゃなくって、「場」、だと。ふうん。
Prototype tabs, pads and boards are just the beginning of ubiquitous computing. The real power of the concept comes not from any one of these devices; it emerges from the interaction of all of them. The hundreds of processors and displays are not a "user interface" like a mouse and windows, just a pleasant and effective "place" to get things done.
情報を得ることは大したことじゃあ無くなる、と。なるほどね
When almost every object either contains a computer or can have a tab attached to it, obtaining information will be trivial: "Who made that dress? Are there any more in the store? What was the name of the designer of that suit I liked last week?" The computing environment knows the suit you looked at for a long time last week because it knows both of your locations, and, it can retroactively find the designer's name even if it did not interest you at the time.
既に今あちこちで、情報が溢れ過ぎてるのが問題だと事業者は思ってるし、敏感な人は辟易しちゃってます
ウビキタスコンピュー天狗の発展はコンピュータ中毒者の減少をもたらす、と。快適な森林浴がヒトに提供する情報はコンピュータいじりより良いもんだ、と
Sociologically, ubiquitous computing may mean the decline of the computer addict. In the 1910's and 1920's many people "hacked" on crystal sets to take advantage of the new high tech world of radio. Now crystal-and-cat's whisker receivers are rare, because radios are ubiquitous. In addition, embodied virtuality will bring computers to the presidents of industries and countries for nearly the first time. Computer access will penetrate all groups in society.Most important, ubiquitous computers will help overcome the problem of information overload. There is more information available at our fingertips during a walk in the woods than in any computer system, yet people find a walk among trees relaxing and computers frustrating. Machines that fit the human environment, instead of forcing humans to enter theirs, will make using a computer as refreshing as taking a walk in the woods.
鉱石とラジオの関係性はなるほどですねえ
でも、びみょーですね。休日に森林浴よりも自宅PCの前に居座ってることを選んでる人は、事実上多いと思いますがね
しかし、何にせよ、コンピュータは失せろ、場の一部に溶け込め、という主張はよく肝にkimoしたいと思います
