Emerging Opportunities in Software Technology R&D:

A Technology Forecast

Walt ScacchiInstitute for Software Research

University of California, Irvine

Irvine, CA 92697-3455

wscacchi@ics.uci.edu

Some Opportunities Areas

• Open Source Software

• Networked Computer Games

• Ubiquitous Wireless Networking

Open Source Software

• Changing world of software products, processes, and software development projects

OSS Business Revenue Streams• Subscription support services

– Providcs ongoing maintenance services 24/7• Email or phone help desk

– Provides indemnification– Access to Operations Network

• Consulting and Migration services– On-site custom development and support

• Training Services– Web-based how-to’s, tutorials (also retail books)– On-site customer training (Direct or via Certified Partners)

• All services sold on a direct basis (e.g., in North America and Europe), and via Certified Partners (globally)

FOSS Social Networking across projects

Google Summer of Code 2006

Networked Computer Games

• Rapid rise in research interest in game culture and technology

• Precipitating the Web 3.0

UCI Game Lab Faculty• Studio ArtStudio Art: Robert Nideffer (: Robert Nideffer (DirectorDirector), Antoinette LaFarge), Antoinette LaFarge• Computer ScienceComputer Science: Paul Dourish, Magda El Zarki, Dan Frost, : Paul Dourish, Magda El Zarki, Dan Frost,

Bonnie Nardi, Andre van der HoekBonnie Nardi, Andre van der Hoek• EngineeringEngineering: Tara Hutchinson, Falko Kuester, Joerg Meyer: Tara Hutchinson, Falko Kuester, Joerg Meyer• Arts, Computation, EngineeringArts, Computation, Engineering: Beatriz de Costa, Simon : Beatriz de Costa, Simon

Penny, Bill TomlinsonPenny, Bill Tomlinson• Institute Software ResearchInstitute Software Research: Celia Pearce, Walt Scacchi : Celia Pearce, Walt Scacchi

((Research DirectorResearch Director), ), • OthersOthers: Tom Boellstorf (Anthropology), Christopher Dobrian : Tom Boellstorf (Anthropology), Christopher Dobrian

(Music), Peter Krappe (Humanities/Film Studies), Charlie (Music), Peter Krappe (Humanities/Film Studies), Charlie Zender (Earth Systems Science)Zender (Earth Systems Science)

DOOM Wars, May 2006

Game Culture and Technology

• Games as immersive, experiential literary form -- game play as emergent narrative

• Gaming as rapidly growing global industry• “Modding” and making games as practice-

based learning and career development• Games as new media and cultural form• Game culture as social movement

Games as a new medium

New Game related R&D effortsNew Game related R&D efforts• alternative game cultures and venuesalternative game cultures and venues

– “ “hot rod” game machines, LAN parties, and hot rod” game machines, LAN parties, and GameCon’sGameCon’s• visual and performing arts visual and performing arts

– Games as cultural media (Games as cultural media (www.selectparks.net))

• humanities and social scienceshumanities and social sciences– Games as graphic narratives for storytelling; Games as graphic narratives for storytelling; machinima machinima — —

game-based cinemagame-based cinema• science learning and technology educationscience learning and technology education

– Games for informal education in scienceGames for informal education in science– Learning science/engineering domains and practices through Learning science/engineering domains and practices through

immersive (role-playing) gamesimmersive (role-playing) games

Csports.net Game Players, May 2006

Hot Rod PCs

Ubiquitous Wireless Networking

• Enabling open source software development and networked computer games via wireless networking

Stadium Area Games

Questions?

Acknowledgements• Mark Ackerman (UMichigan), Margaret Elliott (ISR), Les Gasser

(UIUC), Chris Jensen (ISR), Robert Nideffer (UCI Game Lab), John Noll (Santa Clara U), Celia Pearce (UCI Game Lab), also others at ISR and UCI Game Lab.

• Research grants from the National Science Foundation (no endorsement implied) #0083075, #0205679, #0205724, #0350754, and #0534771.

• Discovery Science Center, Santa Ana, CA • UC Humanities Research Institute • Digital Industry Promotion, Daegu, Korea• California Institute of Telecommunications and Information

Technology (CalIT2)• Creative Kingdoms Inc.