Visualizing Who You Know

The following article was written by a man named Phil O'Brien and was actually posted to his personal blog. There is a video that he posted and it shows how a company "Viewdle" has made a device that allows for face recognition on video. It connects to social networking sites like Facebook and lets you gather information about people while also communicating and posting directly to the site.

He goes on to give his opinion about what he thinks about the future and how all this advanced technology will take away from the tradition and fun of getting to know someone the normal way. Phil O'Brien says, I hope in 5 years time I will meet people I know nothing about – and build a relationship “unwrapping the layers of the onion”. With all these social media sites like Facebook, you can find out so much about someone before even meeting them. And now with new advances like this, you can take these networks with you wherever you go and find out things about someone on the spot.

The facts that he mentions in this article are things to really think about. If we let technology and social networking take over, then the physical and verbal forms of communication that we have grown up with for centuries will gradually become less. People are depending more on their gadgets and online websites to communicate rather than in person. Imagine what this might do for the children of the future.

Something to think about.

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