Funny how these things are. My reading of the last 20 years is the exact opposite.
We've gone from talking about how devices will change how we live and work to having devices that are changing how we live and work. Ok they weren't VR or TVs, they were sensor heavy mobile devices. But still.
And they're not completely pointless. They may not have solved world peace but they've changed comms in quite positive ways; I have to travel for work and video chat to my family is a wonderful thing.
Also, over the last year or so, I've seen a noticeable increase in people taking an interest with their health due to Fitbits and the like. Having that feedback loop, although a small thing, can make quite a difference.
I can see this sort of thing having logical extensions into the home because we now carry sophisticated control systems with us. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if we don't start getting QR codes on menus/food packs with nutrient content, for example.
Don't get me wrong, I fully appreciate that what I'm talking about here are all first world solutions to first world problems. But the idea of connected stuff affecting ones life isn't in the future.
Yeah but in order to reach that conclusion you have to abstract too much. We can all agree that devices are and will change how we live. But now we're not talking about VR, Smart TVs, or the Internet of Things anymore. Because the truth is, we never know what form the next wave of technology will take. And that's why I'd rather experiment than prophesize.
We've gone from talking about how devices will change how we live and work to having devices that are changing how we live and work. Ok they weren't VR or TVs, they were sensor heavy mobile devices. But still.
And they're not completely pointless. They may not have solved world peace but they've changed comms in quite positive ways; I have to travel for work and video chat to my family is a wonderful thing.
Also, over the last year or so, I've seen a noticeable increase in people taking an interest with their health due to Fitbits and the like. Having that feedback loop, although a small thing, can make quite a difference.
I can see this sort of thing having logical extensions into the home because we now carry sophisticated control systems with us. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if we don't start getting QR codes on menus/food packs with nutrient content, for example.
Don't get me wrong, I fully appreciate that what I'm talking about here are all first world solutions to first world problems. But the idea of connected stuff affecting ones life isn't in the future.