Scenario:
What is the evolution of applause? At the basest level, which still dominates in these modern times, applause is the clapping of hands, perhaps enhanced with shouting or whistling (or infamously, the vuvuzela). Now that we have Twitter, one could imagine the next level being tweeting a reaction, and people do, but that doesn't lead to a group experience because it's one-directional: there may be a thousand tweets after a performance, but there is no easy medium for getting a group feeling from them.
In QR we have a natural way to both submit reactions and view what everyone else thinks, enhancing group feelings. The fact that ideas are mapped to light spectra gives a potential hardware realization of QR as well: in addition to clapping and stomping feet, people can shine their spectra on the wall which visually and immediately shows common group structures.
Imagine you have just heard a splendid performance and want to do more to laud the performers than just clap your hands.
Your Message:
Sample Network:
Below is what might be a typical audience reaction network: a medium-large group of people with similar reactions to yours, plus a halo of random but not completely disconnected reactions.
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