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A vision for the future

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Name: Doug Kuczynski

From: California

Bio: demographer, gamer, big-time surfer (internet that is)

Area of Expertise: Research Scientist/Illuminator

Topic: Communication

Headline: Online Dating

Nutshell: Go on a first date with someone on the other side of the world!

Vision:

Camera phones, broadband streaming video, meeting that someone special. They will all fuse together to create an online dating community of actual first "blind" dates from different locations. Maybe we should call them virtual dates. It won’t stop there, gamers are already playing over the internet against and with each other. Soon they will be able to put themselves in the action.

Date Submitted: November 10, 2004

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