The Future of the Internet

So we spend a lot of time on the Internet. I spend a lot of time fixing computers that have been damaged, infected, and destroyed by things on the Internet. I have always said that I think the current incarnation of the Internet is really an infantile version of what it's going to be like 25 to 50 years from now. Now I say such things without a clear conception of what it will be like in that future. I just know that it won't be quite like the wild west it is now, probably closer to the virtual world we sometimes see in movies, but not nearly so similar to real life.
Anyway, here is a talk and demo of something that i think shows how things are going to evolve with the internet. This photosynth (<- this is what he was using seriously check it out), basically takes available photos of something, puts them together to form a 3d image of of said thing, and alows to browse it usng those images.
Imagine being able to explore the Rockies virtually using a combination of high-res satellite imagry and video and photos people have taken on trips and posted on the internet. Imagine being able to do the same for any street in Tokyo or anywhere else.
You can already virtually explore San Franciso.