Creativity and New Media

Growing up in a rural area of Africa as a child, putting food on the table was the most important function of the head of the household. And while not poor, my family was surrounded by many have-nots who were mostly subsistence agricultural farmers. These folks grow all the food we eat. And being a farmer is not exactly the most glamorous job there is but everyone depended on these farmers like anywhere else for their source of supply of food. The problem is that these farmers tended to rely on archaic, unreliable and unsustainable means of farming. They couldn’t produce on a mass scale to feed the community.
The question then becomes: what if we employ the creativity of new media technologies of virtual worlds to ensure a reliable supply of our food? What would that look like? How does that help solve the problem?
     The use of 3D technology in farming maybe the answer. This technology has the potential (like used in construction) to irrigate the land, fertilize the crops,and  harvest the produce. This will not only solve the problems of irrigation among other things but it will enhance both the quantity and quality of food produced badly needed by poor rural communities that need them most. The added benefit is the accompanying increase in the standard of living for these rural folks as well.
     3D  and other virtual world farming methods will greatly enhance the living conditions helping them from a status quo that is otherwise very sticky and life threatening.