Apple’s new Facetime commercials: Emotional technology demos or examples of our distant-yet-mediated lives?

12Jul10

Apple has unveiled (even online) their latest batch of commercials for the Facetime feature plugged into the iPhone 4. The commercials without question tag at emotional strings tied to memorable moments in life.

The above said, do these videos also disclose something unfortunate about a distant-yet-mediated society?

I don’t really know. You decide.

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