A Novel Idea Generation Method for the Internet of Digital Reality Era: The Spinning Aufheben Method

Abstract

Internet of Digital Reality (IoD) will be one of the essential next-generation information technologies. The content and presentation of information are the most important aspects that will make IoD work efficiently. However, the generation of ideas for IoD has not much progress in discussion because formalizing it is difficult. This paper presents an outline of the Spinning Aufheben (SA) method, which is a novel idea generation method, its application and model, validity, actual cases of the first application of the author, and potential social impact. Aufheben is one of the common mechanisms for generating ideas from two elements. This method enables the infinite generation of ideas by rotating three elements of a dialectic. We also present the result of pilot projects on 51 university students to determine its effectivity as an application for helping them determine future career plans after graduation. As a result, 46 students identified their career goals. The students expressed appreciation of the career search results using the SA methood.