Example of Technology Allowing People to Experience Events

Over the past few weeks, I’ve looked at Google Video to see what kinds of media people are putting online. There is an amazing amount of content. Old Michael Jordan commercials, the National Archive footage, and the worst home videos you’ve ever seen.

One of my favorites is an unknown person’s footage of Hurricane Katrina from the Beau Rivage hotel in Biloxi MS.

I was there about two years ago and stood on the shore. Amazing.

This kind of video helps bring one closer to an event. Sometimes, when we watch the news, the events seem small b/c there’s such a short timeframe and absolutely no emotion. These Google amateur videos are quite different.