in response to "Beyond Locative Media"

The idea of every object being tracked and mapped is both interesting and scary.  Combine this with every inch of the globe being mapped, and the entire world could exist in two places- reality, and virtual reality.

Imagine a mapping system far more detailed than Google's current version, even far beyond their street view or Google Earth.  In this new virtual reality representation of the world, the map is no longer built with 2-dimensional satellite images and street images, but could become a photo realistic, fully 3-dimensional environment.  Combined with the information from every object- (made possible by a world of ubiquitous computing), this virtual reality version of the world could reflect the locations of everything on the grid, starting with every car on the road, and ultimately every person on Earth.  All live, in real time.