MySpace Mobile video

This is a video I created to help give my idea some strength:



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MySpace Mobile idea

This is my idea for the research brief:



Each day, millions of commuters travel into the cities to work. When we are on the train there are people around us, sometimes hundreds if it's rush hour. Most of the time we will never speak to these people.
Wouldnt it be good to connect to the people on the train? Share your interests, photos, music etc. For all we know a person sitting on the same train as you a few carriages in front may have visited a restaurant you are about to book, a person sitting a carriage behind may have even gone to the same concert you went to last weekend, a person you can see sitting to your left may even be dating one of your old school friends. Who knows what you may have in common with the people we see around us everyday.



How can we connect to commuters?
I think a device, whether made solely for this purpose, or an existing device, which contains wireless connectivity so it can connect to over mobile devices. This service could be something called, 'MySpace Mobile'. A user/commuter could access the already well established MySpace homepage and be confronted with two options. The first to log-on as normal, so they can update themselves with the friends they've already added to their profile. Or the second option would be to log-on to 'MySpace Mobile'. Once signed in to this option the software then searches an area around you, say 150ft, by using a radio frequency, like when we currently search for devices using Bluetooth. Your screen will show your personal homepage with all your uploaded media and information you have already added about yourself such as your interests. There would be a section of this screen which would show live profile images and accompanying names which have just been found by your device (people will appear and disappear depending on their range status). You can then anonymously browse their 'MySpace Mobile' profiles. If you like the sound of this person you could then have the option to have an instant chat, like MSN Messenger. There could even be an audio option, so you could actually talk to the person. If they are near you it would be weird because you might be able to hear them, so you could physically go over and meet them. But if they were a few carriage in front it might be quite nice to do. You could also listen to their music via a stream, or even download their track (with the three plays or three days limitation) and having the option to buy a full download at a later stage.



How would the system work &/or be financed?
A users device would need to connect to the internet via WiFi then a transport company would need to have WiFi installed in their trains and advertise it as a value added service which may attract commuters to use their transport service and therefore would pay for the wifi in itself.
But to connect to local users your device would need to be compatible. It would use some kind of radio frequency like Bluetooth to connect. But this technology could be standard with all mobile handsets anyway by the time this idea would go live.
Software may need to be downloaded from MySpace themselves.
Ultimately though, advertising would pay for the system. Two million commuters travel into London every day, thats a large audience!

I have found a company that has incorporated MySpace into their mobile phone service, but it doesnt have the 150ft connectivity idea. Their website is:

Helio


This is another company I have found called Jambo (Swahili for hello):

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Research Brief

1) My definition is that a community is a group of people, whether it's two people or two billion people who share similar morals, thoughts, feelings, interests, religion, history, business & sex (many more examples im sure). I deliberately left out geographical location, although you could easily add it in. A community can exist across land and sea through optical media, ie. the internet.

2) My definition of technology is something which is either physical (ie. flint) or intangible (iTunes). Technology aids us/humans in our daily/evolutionary lives, environments & societies.

3) A technology which could be introduced to commuters on trains/buses is something (implanted chip/virtual reality glasses) which when you close your eyes you enter a space where other commuters in a set space around you also exist (when they opt to close their eyes), almost like an instant virtual chat room. The room appears to be infinite. Your residual self image is pre-defined. You can then communicate with other commuters. You can share thoughts, discuss world news, debate the price of your fare and give them your details so you can call each other or meet in reality another time.

Another idea to improve community essence for drivers is a bit harder as drivers need to be engaged with driving. Hands-free communication is allowed though as a driver can concentrate on the road as well as talk. Therefore an idea of mine is that your vehicle has approximately 500ft of talk range. Any other vehicle within your range can talk. Drivers, and their passengers therefore are in an ever changing conversation as over vehicles will drive past you so that would mean a brief hello maybe, or a vehicle traveling the same route will mean a long conversation. You could be discussing what car there have, where they are going, who you are with, what music you enjoy etc.

4) YouTube is interacted with daily by millions of people. This is when they meet in London (Feb 2007):



Research Brief history:
Brief Begins
Real Underground
First Day Session
Community Oberservation
Communities on the Road



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