5 technology trends that will boom

in the next 5 years

I work in advertising and as an occupational

hazard, I tend to think about the future of things.

Of advertising. Of culture.

Of technology.

And lately, I’ve been thinking about it a lot.

I follow some epic thinkers and bloggers. They’ve inspired some of this. Some of it is just my muse.

Some of it comes from random conversations with

my 21 year old nerd brother. And some of it comes

from watching sci-fi movies. If you like this and would like to know more, let’s

chat.

I’m @media_reveries

1

HOLOGRAM RESTORATIONS Hologram events/projections In the form of museum

performances and concerts of bands, artists, movie stars will be held across the world and people will pay to go to these.

2

LIFEOMETER A single form of tracker that lists all of an individual’s

numbers in one place – health reports, running counts, professional performance (work hours, projects), loyalty

cards, banking in one tracking device/application

3

FUTURE HAS NO DEVICE Programming will merge into natural surfaces diminishing the need for additional devices. A chip or a button will

turn any surface into a computing device.

4

EXPERIENTIAL TV SHOWS People will be able to replay their favourite TV shows by

actually playing the lead in them. The web will offer extended content which allows people to enter into the character and play the role. Play Barney or Carrie and interact with the other

characters in the show by taking on their avatars.

5

UBIQUITOUS A.I. Siri (or its equivalent) will be more ingrained in our lives and will be smarter. She’ll tell us if the food in the refrigerator has gone bad, she’ll alert the CEO if she thinks he’s overworking himself.

I predict Google to build its own A.I. that’s going to trump everything we’ve seen so far.

Oh, and..

DIY Tech We’ll see more open operating systems, tools that make an

ordinary person a technology native by making technology easily ‘makeable’ and ‘changeable’, by making coding easy. I can make an animated movie, I can create an HTML5 website in 3

easy steps (not like the one that experts make).

THANK YOU

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