"Spook Country" by William Gibson

I am reading William Gibson's book, "Spook Country," which I believe is his ninth book. Gibson is most known (notice I didn't say "best known") for the coining of the phrase "cyberspace" in his first book called, "Neuromancer." His current book (Spook Country) is all about coining and defining the phrase "Locative Art."
Locative Art is a term that is defined by Wikipedia as art which uses location-based media such GPS or Wi-Fi as its medium. It is a sub-category of Interactive Art or New Media Art, which explores the relationships between the real world and the virtual or between people, places or objects in the real world.
So, I ask, how does or will "Locative Art" change the fabric and the landscape of e-commerce? Has it already begun to do that? Do you think it will be a money-making endeavor or art for art's sake? Will Disney some day have lucrative locative art throughout it's theme parks with a digitally recreated Walt guiding you throughout the park? I don't know, but it is well worth looking into at this stage of the game --- I'd say it is one of our new development arenas.


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