5 sci-fi ad techniques that are about to make life creepier

Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
I've vaguely heard about a few of these, most notably the webcam spy one. But I think that was more of a "you should be super careful about your webcam, people may be spying on you with it" kinda deal. Either way, some of these freaked me out a little bit. How about you?

"We are in the middle of a great cultural arms race between advertisers with tons of money and state of the art technology and the common man's ability to ignore the ads those advertisers create. You've seen hundreds of ads today -- how many did you actually remember?

Don't think for one second that ad executives are giving up. It's all about using futuristic technology to make their ads more and more invasive. That's how we've wound up with ..."

5 Sci-Fi Ad Techniques That Are About to Make Life Creepier
10/05/2011
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Contributor: Starkiller87 Starkiller87
Ive seen the ads placed in old tv show eps thing before. Ive caught them while they aired and it makes me so angry. Why change things like that, it seems so wrong.
10/05/2011
Contributor: unfulfilled unfulfilled
I've never actually paid any attention to it,but then again I don't watch much tv, but I'm going to start paying attention.
10/05/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
Quote:
Originally posted by Starkiller87
Ive seen the ads placed in old tv show eps thing before. Ive caught them while they aired and it makes me so angry. Why change things like that, it seems so wrong.
I was actually talking about the How I Met Your Mother episode they mention with a friend the other day. I was like, really?
10/05/2011
Contributor: GravyCakes GravyCakes
that's just what i want, people eavesdropping on me & billboards watching me.
10/05/2011
Contributor: Kkay Kkay
All but the last two seem pretty cool to me. I'm not up for people invading my privacy, but targetted advertising and creepy billboards are right up my alley.
10/05/2011