According to the Intel’s Chief of Labs, Justin Rattner:
You can imagine 15 billion consumer devices that will be capable of delivering TV content in that timeframe with 100’s of billions of hours of video. We’ll need much more sophisticated ways to organize content and provide it on demand.
Based on the tons of statistics about YouTube, Hulu, etc, we can safely say that video and TV represent just another type of information overload. And considering the video usability current state the problem will be much more difficult to solve. But I do expect to see huge innovations in the field.
Every time I’m watching a video on the internet I’m wondering if it would be a better and easier way.
Firstly, I’d like to get a transcript of the video. Through a bookmarklet or anything Javascripty. This way I could quickly skim over it and pick the parts that I’m interested in.
Then, I’d like to have each phrase linked back to the specific point in the video. In case I’m interested in the visual part, I could quickly check it out.
Moreover, using this video bookmark, I could further quote it and refer others to it.
Anything you’d add?
Video is the killer app. It isn’t just 90 percent of the load on the network or video, it’s gonna be how you do business.
— Cisco CEO John Chambers
But before jumping this bandwagon, we should make sure that we have:
Disclaimer: I confess that I am guilty in this regard as many of the sites I’ve built are not accessible friendly.
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