This is the answer to the $64B question. It’s also a good description of how the GriotVision multicasting ecosystem will emerge. Take a content mesh connected by a mesh network of devices and wrap it in a 3D mesh(think Croquet or Second Life). Throw it on top of a mesh of computers for computation and storage, then step back cause things will happen quickly!
As strange as it may sound, consumers are way ahead of most enterprises when it comes to using grids (and paying for them). Most of us live on the grid at home - we use Google and Yahoo!, we love eBay, we upload and share photos and movies, and gather our news from various sources on the web. Most of us bank from home, we leverage network email services - and if you think about it, that transformation all occurred within the last decade. In the blink of an eye.
Grid computing uses a mesh of computers to perform complex tasks, but is not fully understood by all its potential users.
In a jungle, ignorance can exact a high price but opportunities are plentiful for people who figure out how to interconnect the mesh.
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We’re on a journey like everyone before us…
A mesh network is a type of peer-to-peer(1) network and is a component of the transforming power(2) of peers.
1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P2P/
2 - http://croquet.funkencode.com/2006/07/03/power-to-the-peers/
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Gear Mesh: Power To The Peers…
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