Thursday, August 31, 2006
Posted by Roberto
4:11 PM
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SPEAKING WITH IMAGES
PROJECTED 2008 SALES: ONE BILLION CAMERAS
"The place of images in our society is changing profoundly. All but gone are the days when most people took pictures only twice a year, at Christmas and on vacation. More than ever before, we will use our images - both still and moving - to communicate more effectively in all aspects of our daily lives." - Alexis Gerard, imaging prognosticator
The camera-phone market is driving the development of miniaturized, rugged, low-cost, low-power, high-performance lenses that will eventually find their way into all cameras. The latest and most promising innovations are liquid lenses and software-enhanced optics.
"Unfortunately, even our best cameras do not have the human's ability to see fine detail or to hold information at both ends of high-contrast scenes. Our cameras don't equal even our limited ability to see in color in low light. Cameras don't have peripheral vision; they don't perceive and record depth and dimension information; they treat "still" and "motion" as different modes. We expect nothing less from our cameras than the ability to equal what we see with our eyes. We won't be satisfied until we get it, and we'll vote with our wallets in favor of the products that give it to us."
- Alexis Gerard, coauthor of Going Visual and president of Future Image Inc.
Imaging Ecosystem Numbers:
Total number of cameras of all kinds sold in 2000: 85 Million units.
Projected 2008 sales: One Billion units.
Links
6sight
Future Image
- Trend Hunter
- Cool Infographics
- Information Aesthetics
- Interactive Architecture
- dataisnature
- Creative Observer
- Design Spotter
- feeladdicted
- Paleo-Future
- TechCrunch
- Trendwatching.com
- Graffiti Research Lab
- t r a n i s m
- Douwe Osinga
- AudioCubes.com
- we make money not art
- Pasta and Vinegar
- Lunch over IP
- Engadget
- Unusual News/Ideas
- CScout Trendblog
- Agenda Inc. News
- digg labs / stack
- Technorati
- Robots Dreams
- gadgetblog
- Create Digital Motion