Recording Your Life, Allowing Others To View It As Virtual Reality World: Lifelogging. [Source: Alan Kwan via Vimeo] It’s called Bad Trip, and it certainly feels like one.
Alan Kwan has been recording every moment of his life since November 2011 and he faces the same problem that other lifeloggers do: what to do with all that video footage? Needing a way to organize the rapidly accumulating footage and to provide a way for he and others to easily navigate the data, Kwan has made a game of it. This is your brain on the Internet. When I’m riding the L train underneath lower Manhattan, I practically start to shake with anticipation as we approach 6th Avenue, where everyone with an iPhone knows 3G service magically resumes.
We all reach for our devices simultaneously, but as relieved as I am to scroll through my Instagram feed, there’s that corresponding pang of guilt. We’ve all been so fixated on this idea of screen addiction being indicative of the “big problem” with technology; I know if you’re reading this you’re probably self-conscious about how much time you spend staring at glowing rectangles, too. So why are we so anxious about our love for the screen, and what exactly is this constant connection doing to the way we relate to the world around us? Jason Silva - Filmmaker - Futurist - Epiphany Addict. The Biological Advantage of Being Awestruck.