Backcasting withJapanese Animationby Dan Rockwell (Columbus, OH - Ignite 2008)

What and Why?๏ the future is a gamble

๏ inspire and create the next gen thing

๏ exercise your mind

choose a path

predict

look at today

envision tomorrow

backcast

establish a future state

look back on what created

it

What’s cool about anime?

mecha

cool UI

crazy tech

ninjas

why anime?๏ lush world

๏ wide variety of potential futures

๏ whole vs slice

๏ story, character, and “why” supported world

for best results๏ techno/space/computer | target

related

๏ saga vs one off

๏ establish what you want to learn

๏ have fun

anime from the year 1984

flat panels in advertising

holograms

the roomba?

its not all gravy.. from 1984

that’s a serious PC

components for analysis๏ pick, watch, target

๏ observe and take notes

๏ return to 2008, identify seeds

๏ blow out the crux

What does this future depend on?

Macross Frontiersqueezable phone concept

Macross Frontiersqueezable phone concept

really really farinto the future

2008

seeds target

Macross Frontiersqueezable phone concept

seeds target

big advances on mold-able

flexible + mobile power systems and displays,

obsessive cute factor

cruxreally really farinto the future

2008

augmented reality futureDennouCoil

LBS + tagging

need glasses to see the AR world

visualized virus protection

augmented reality futureDennouCoil

seeds target

unified data layer

massive consistent data infrastructure

Google + CISCO backbone players

cruxreally really farinto the future

2008

life in the wired

Serial Experiments Lain

pressures of your online digital self

visualized twitter

seeds target

life in the wired

Serial Experiments Lain

multiple identities online

online affects real world

blurred line between wired and the real

its here now

cruxtomorrow?2008

ideas

Watch Macross for:

advertising

digital signage

everyday objects

complex UI

transportation

shows to watch๏ dennou coil

๏ serial experiments lain

๏ macross frontier

๏ ghost in the shell

๏ akira

๏ neon genesis evangelion

๏ gundam

๏ laputa

i believe๏ dennocoil 50% fate probability

๏ serial experiments 75% fate probability

๏ stretch your mind

๏ tell your team its ok to dream

๏ write, draw, sketch your own

Backcasting withJapanese Animationby Dan Rockwell (Columbus, OH - Ignite 2008)