Wired NextFest '06

Wired NextFest presented "WIRED's vision of a new world" within four days. NextFest provided a possibility to experience the future of exploration, entertainment, transportation, health, communication, design, security, and green living.

There were at least three categories which had some congruity with Exergame projects' focus: Future of Health, Future of Entertainment and Future of Play. Most of the Future of Health solutions focused on hospital/health care solutions and instruments. Hopefully there will be more examples of preventive health care next year. My pick from Health solutions is CosmoBot: a robotic toolkit designed for clinical rehabilitation and special education.

Future of Entertainment as well as Future of Play categories had few innovations that are interesting also from the viewpoint of our project. My pick from that category is Full Body Games by FeedTank. Virtual Canoe could also be lots of fun. The list of exhibitors and pieces can be found from NextFest webste.