1. Emerging Opportunities in Software Technology R&D: A Technology Forecast
Walt Scacchi
Institute for Software Research
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA

2. Some Opportunities Areas
Open Source Software
Networked Computer Games
Ubiquitous Wireless Networking

3. Open Source Software
Changing world of software products, processes, and software development projects

5. OSS Business Revenue Streams
Subscription support services
Providcs ongoing maintenance services 24/7
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)

6. FOSS Social Networking across projects

7. Google Summer of Code 2006

8. Networked Computer Games
Rapid rise in research interest in game culture and technology
Precipitating the Web 3.0

9. UCI Game Lab Faculty
Studio Art: Robert Nideffer (Director), Antoinette LaFarge
Computer Science: Paul Dourish, Magda El Zarki, Dan Frost, Bonnie Nardi, Andre van der Hoek
Engineering: Tara Hutchinson, Falko Kuester, Joerg Meyer
Arts, Computation, Engineering: Beatriz de Costa, Simon Penny, Bill Tomlinson
Institute Software Research: Celia Pearce, Walt Scacchi (Research Director),
Others: Tom Boellstorf (Anthropology), Christopher Dobrian (Music), Peter Krappe (Humanities/Film Studies), Charlie Zender (Earth Systems Science)

11. DOOM Wars, May 2006

12. 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

13. Games as a new medium

14. New Game related R&D efforts
alternative game cultures and venues
“hot rod” game machines, LAN parties, and GameCon’s
visual and performing arts
Games as cultural media (
humanities and social sciences
Games as graphic narratives for storytelling; machinima — game-based cinema
science learning and technology education
Games for informal education in science
Learning science/engineering domains and practices through immersive (role-playing) games

15. Csports.net Game Players, May 2006

17. Hot Rod PCs

20. Ubiquitous Wireless Networking
Enabling open source software development and networked computer games via wireless networking

21. Stadium Area Games

22. Questions?

23. 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) # , # , # , # , and #
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.