Welcome to the Holocene EraPrepare for a revolution in online communications.
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Late 2006: the U.S. Patent Office issues 7,124,372 "Interactive communication between a plurality of users." 126 claims cover unique methods for individuals and groups to exchange information and allocate attention online. |
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Holocene offers a quantum leap beyond old-fashioned online interface, with a patented suite of methods for business meetings, virtual worlds, chat, collaborations, social nets, games and e-communities of all kinds.
As our devices and connections grow more powerful, users suffer a "firehose effect" - trying to drink a torrent with the one thing that is fundamentally limited... human attention.
This problem isn't new! In real life, our brains use many subtle techniques to pick and-choose among a myriad inputs, prioritizing some while keeping a "gist" of others. Alas, very few of these tricks have ever been emulated in the world online.
Rescuing the attention economy - we need a revolution that will empower users while unleashing hosts (corporate and private) to reach out with platforms ranging from PCs to networks to mobile devices.
Returning to our roots, Holocene empowers you to prioritize speakers, use dimensional cues, track the conversational 'gist' and efficiently get to the point. It also offers unique ways to link real-world settings with virtual environments, to find others with shared interests, and to collaborate inexpensively across great distances.
We also promise something else... a fresh approach to having fun
online.
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Copyright 2006 David Brin
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