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Carrie · 05-02-2003, 01:45 AM

Mark your last post popped a memory into my head - being able to interact with commercials.
There was a little product introduced... oh, maybe 2 years ago now? That did just that. Copycat or Cybercat or something?
It was like a pen (shaped like a stretched out cat) that had an infrared serial bar reader in the end. Attached to your computer via serial port.
When you flipped through a magazine and saw an ad or article that you liked that had the cat symbol and bar code, you could simply scan the code with your little cat-mouse thingee and your browser would automatically open up and go to that company's site.
It also had a microphone, and it listened when you were watching tv. Commercials that were cat-enabled would put out a little sound - unnoticable to you - that the cat would pick up, and again it would pop open your browser and take you right to that company's web page.
Interactive commercials, indeed. It was all the talk for about two months and then died out.
I guess the makers didn't truly realize that people DON'T like advertising - especially not enough to interact with it!

5 years down the road video will probably be king of the hill, but pictures won't be *that* far behind. Just knocked off of their post a bit. No amount of video can replace one great picture. Video makes you lazy, takes care of everything for you... with a picture, your imagination is seeded but it's not spoonfed. You can still create a fantasy around that picture and fully experience that fantasy uninterrupted.
Can't do that with video.

Video has its definite advantages - directing the action, being right there *live* with the girl and chatting with her, interaction... and there will be a point where if you don't have video on your site you may as well not open it... but still photographs will never go away and there will always be a steady demand for them.

Now think of the movie Demolition Man where Sandra Bullock puts on that little skullcap thing and is instantly transported into a sexual fantasy with full sensory overload... THAT would kill online porn.

05-02-2003, 01:45 AM
Carrie Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Virgin - nee Posts: 3,162	Mark your last post popped a memory into my head - being able to interact with commercials. There was a little product introduced... oh, maybe 2 years ago now? That did just that. Copycat or Cybercat or something? It was like a pen (shaped like a stretched out cat) that had an infrared serial bar reader in the end. Attached to your computer via serial port. When you flipped through a magazine and saw an ad or article that you liked that had the cat symbol and bar code, you could simply scan the code with your little cat-mouse thingee and your browser would automatically open up and go to that company's site. It also had a microphone, and it listened when you were watching tv. Commercials that were cat-enabled would put out a little sound - unnoticable to you - that the cat would pick up, and again it would pop open your browser and take you right to that company's web page. Interactive commercials, indeed. It was all the talk for about two months and then died out. I guess the makers didn't truly realize that people DON'T like advertising - especially not enough to interact with it! 5 years down the road video will probably be king of the hill, but pictures won't be that far behind. Just knocked off of their post a bit. No amount of video can replace one great picture. Video makes you lazy, takes care of everything for you... with a picture, your imagination is seeded but it's not spoonfed. You can still create a fantasy around that picture and fully experience that fantasy uninterrupted. Can't do that with video. Video has its definite advantages - directing the action, being right there live with the girl and chatting with her, interaction... and there will be a point where if you don't have video on your site you may as well not open it... but still photographs will never go away and there will always be a steady demand for them. Now think of the movie Demolition Man where Sandra Bullock puts on that little skullcap thing and is instantly transported into a sexual fantasy with full sensory overload... THAT would kill online porn.