Emerging Technology and Physical Space with Geo-Location

Geo-Location is the term by which an object such as a mobile phone, an Internet connected device or a radar can be identified in real world geographical location. This is an example of emerging technology in todays society which has already been established as a desired feature in a number of technological devices such as mobile phones and tablets such as the iPad.
Nevertheless, the process of Geo-Location within internet connected devices can be performed by the Internet Protocol address,  a Wi-Fi connection, a Mac address and even embedded software numbers. Regarding programmes that use  geo-location, when a user accesses  Google Maps on an internet connected device,  the location of the user can be displayed and accessed through the information produced by the IP Address . (The picture above displays Google Maps ability of geo-location).

With the ability of tablet technology using geo-location as a feature within many applications, an example of this is the Inception app which itunes released in order to enable a user to enhance a unique experience of the film. This application based on Christopher Nolan's film is an application that pushes the boundaries on similar film applications due to its ability to make the listener feel as if they are experience similar dreams to Leonardo DiCaprio in the film thanks to a numerous use of musical effects as well as featuring Hans Zimmer soundtrack. This is achieved as the application uses the numerous  gizmos and sensors built within an iphone or ipad, the effect of this is that the application uses the surroundings of a user to create distorted/augmented  effects which are similar to the surreal dreams within the movie. Nevertheless, the input for this application is through the microphone as this turns all the surrounding noises into distorted and augmented sounds.  As well as this, the application features a number of dreams which enable several requirements in order to access them, from this, each dream features a range of augmented and discordant effects in order to make the user feel as if they inside the inception reality.  The effect of this means that this inception application creates a composition which is unique to each user and that the overall sounds produced is not a conventional performance instead it uses the physical space to create a unique performance. 

In conclusion geo-location is an example of emerging technology which is enhancing technological developments in todays society. Regarding the use of geo-location, electronic devices such as the iphone and the ipad are using this in order to produce thought provoking applications such as the Inception app which produces a composition based on the location and surroundings of the user. The effect of this means that applications such as this pushes the boundaries of music performance and does not use a conventional stage/audience set up/