What does the future hold for the Psychology Of Social Computing?

We covered an extensive amount of theories over the course of this semester, and this blog is interesting because it lets us delve into which theories actually mattered for our lifetime and which theories we could've just zoned out on during lecture. The internet has always been expanding, and unforunately some of the theories that we covered in class just willn ot be relevant when talking about the internet any longer. I feel like the internet is making a move toward solely having live chats with video, and being able to see the person you are IMing is very near.
In other words, communication online without knowing what the other person looks like will be a thing of the past. Now what does that mean for some of the theories we covered in class? For one thing, impression formation will practically become obsolete. We will be able to visually see someone, thus there is no need to form impressions, other than that of personality traits, which will be much easier to gather with visual communication. Because of visual cues becoming available, Social Information Processing theory is sure to become a thing of the past. I think is it accurate to say, and this came as shock to me, that most theories that were covered in class will stick around for some time.
Theories such as O'Sullivan Model and SIDE will all be around throughout our lifetime. Concerning the first theory, it has to do with valence and locus. This means, is the information you are expressing positive or negative and is it about yourself or someone esle. I will always call my parents if I recieved a bad grade, a bad report at work, or God forbid, a call from the police station. However, if I get a promotion or inform them they are soon to be grandparents, I would love to tell them that face-to-face. As for SIDE, even if the internet turns to live video chats, which I think it will, people will still feel the need to group the person they are communicating with into a social category, i.e. she's a prep, he's a goth.
One thing I believe will come a thing of the past in our lifetime is the telephone. Maybe not the cell phone, but a live conversation without visual contact. I believe that will be a thing of the past. Soon IMing will have the ability to not only see what they are writing, but also to see what they are wearing. Instead of dialing a number in on the house phone, there will be live chats with video in between friends and families. Basically what a video chat is now, except it will be used to express all types of information, whether it be about asking for a cup of sugar or wondering when the book club is meeting.
I didn't know what to write about something we didn't cover, but now that I took a glance at what the others had to say, I really would've loved to hear what you had to say about pornography. With the diversity and personality of the class, I think pornography would have been very interesting and at the very least fun.