Mindtrek day 2.

Today's breakfast was great and afternoon cake even greater. That's all you need to know. 

Today there was Academic track which had more game focused presentations. For example there were people from schools telling about their projects. Timo Nummenmaa from Oasis had this "Deck of Cards - House of colleagues" card game that had 61 characters cards that were based on the workers. Goal of this game was to promote social atmosphere. I think the Idea was fun and it could be useful for many people. For us it could be helpful excuse to socialize with people from other classes.

Later today we went to listen Adrian David Cheok's "Everysense, Everywhere Internet Communication" presentation. It was interesting. I heard about lot of stuff I didn't know existed. Creepy thing he told us about was Huggy pajamas, project he was part of. I find the idea of somebody sending hug virtually very disturbing. Maybe If I didn't need to wear a shirt that looks like a rain coat it wouldn't be too bad. But honestly it wouldn't be the same. Hug isn't just about he feeling. It's also about the smell, sound and what you see. No matter what you feel, if there is nobody standing front of you it's not a hug. 

Even creepier invention was Kissinger. I can not imagine what kind of desperation or madness would make me kiss that creepy ball with plastic lips. Sorry it's just not my cup of tea. There is no way it would feel real. You can taste the plastic and again, you can't see the other person. It think there is still long way to go before we can use touch, smell or taste as everyday communication method. If people would become robots or at least cyborgs it would easier. If you are made of plastic, touch of plastic is so much more natural.

Here is picture of my breakfast, only thing that matters: