Welcome to the World of Tomorrow!
Peering into my crystal ball, a vision of the future floats into view. It is nary a vision of flying cars and space mutants. Rather, it is a vision of land records and open government. Let's see what one thousand years from now will be like.
Each deed recorded is instantly scanned by a computer and posted to the internet for viewing by anyone, anywhere, and at any time. While this is true already of records in 2009 (I can look at deeds in Arizona for many decades, back), this will be an even faster process in the far future. An artificial intelligence will scan the document, confirming legal requirements, abstracting names to the index and thus recording documents in seconds, all the while having already deducted filing fees from my bank account.
I will access the records history of any property virtually. That is to say, I will ask my computer to grab me a title history and it will do so for me within milliseconds. The data will be projected onto the inside of my retina by micro "soliton" lasers; another technology available today and reaching full implementation in that fast-approaching world of tomorrow.
As my super flying rocket car (I know, I know, but I had to have at least one) drives me homeward, I review the document history back to the original subdivision map in the 1800's.
As I sit down in my living room, I tell my computer to send the documents over to my business partner who is a continent away. He receives the information instantly. You may say that this is simply email or instant messaging of today, but in the futue it is more reliable and sends voice messages too. Actually, I will concede that it sounds like a cell phone or VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol like Skype or TeamSpeak service of today), but I assure you that it is VERY futuristic.
We review the data in a 3-D virtual workspace. Second Life provides this ability today, but the virtual workspaces of tomorrow will allow us to feel immersed in a exotic environment far from home. The smell-o-vision and holograms will put us on a beach in business suites for a tropical vacation meeting.
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