The Demosphere is the gross sum of all political or public discourse, expressed in the media, online, and within local and global institutions. The modern concept was defined by Jordan Schroder, but he was not the first person to use the word.
Origins
editDemosphere first appears in a short cyberpunk story by science fiction writer Neal Stephenson. In his story, a futuristic version of the internet called the "Spew," is where all global information and media channels are bound together. Consumer trends are tracked from inside the 'Demotainment Space' or Demosphere, a virtual reality representation of the Spew, using all sorts of personal digital information, including credit card transactions and security camera feeds.
Corporate Useage
editDemosphere International, Inc.
editDemosphere International is an Information Technology company based in Northern Virginia, and caters to the technology needs of sports organizations. Their primary focus is related to the sport of soccer at a grassroots level in America. Additionally, for the past 20 years, they have provided administrative tools, and developed and hosted web sites for clients such as FIFA, US Soccer, US Youth Soccer, US Soccer Foundation, NSCAA United Soccer Leagues (USL), and the Dallas Cup.
ScanSoft
editThe Demosphere is also the media rich demo for ScanSoft's SpeechWorks software. It contains over 110 flash and audio files, in over 30 vertical markets. SpeechWorks is a collection of speech recognition, text-to-speech, and speaker verification applications for various industries. Included are customer testimonials and version in English, German, and French.
External links
edit- Full text of the short story, Spew.
- Demosphere.com
- ScanSoft's Demos