Sean Ridgeley - Saturday, March 7th, 2009 | 11:38AM (PT)
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Our technological world 10 years from now
Microsoft is getting passionate. Their Office Labs division -- the one that "tests ideas by building prototypes and gathering usage data" -- has created an inspiring video which imagines our world and its relationship with technology ten years from now, in keeping with its "envisioning" series which offered some of the same concepts. Times like this it's good to be a nerd.
The video was presented last week at the Wharton Business Technology Conference by Microsoft’s Business Division president Stephen Elop; check it out:
Notice the lack of Windows logos, a step away from the corporation's "Windows Everywhere" campaign we saw not many years ago.
I saw that a week ago. I really liked their video presentations, and I'm sure that since this is Microsoft we're talking about, their vision isn't far-fetched and is within the realm of realism.
amazing video. i gotta admit, i think some parts looked a little far fetched, like the part with the newspaper, but then again...like omegafury said, its microsoft...didn't they release microsoft surface?
Well, I wouldn't assume that way because even if somebody is not a nerd, he or she would enjoy the fruits of technological advancements in 2019 and beyond.
Above all esle, future technologies will intersperse the rigid boundary between laypeople and those who enjoy it professionally albeit some fervent people might learn new knowledge of advance technological inventions contingent upon their passion, time and budget.
The newspaper thing looks waay to complicated to be true, according to the video, it moves like paper, but has all the touch capabilities of everything else.
Actually, this is surprisingly believable, for the most part. The cell phone thing is pushing it a bit though >_>
Digital paper screens probably won't be quite that prevalent in the future though either.
Indeed, a fair bit of this stuff would only be available to business/wealthy persons, but it'll still be there, which means something.
The newspaper is actually reasonably believable. Though I doubt they'd have an actual newspaper that has tons of physical pages, just one or two or something, and you can flip through it with a finger across the digital screen. Though yes, I can see many people having multi-purpose papers (DLing newspaper issues to read in a flexible e-book format).
A pocket device that can identify what it takes a picture of? I doubt it'd be reliable, computers are notoriously bad at recognizing aesthetic details that reveal what the big picture is. Then again, computer and software tech will probably be a fair bit more advanced by then, but still...
Overall, it shows how it could be, realistically, 10 years from now. I doubt some of this stuff will come to be (namely the stuff I mentioned),
hopefully, some of this stuff, common people will be able to own because that all looks expensive. I can only imagine the very high class and maybe some lower high class people coming to possess this.
But hey, we are advancing greatly i mean common, even though i don't think microsoft was invovled in this, there was an interactive holographic projection, that looked amazing
why yes yes we are, I'm really looking forward to the phone thingy where it pointed him towards his friend, I always lose people in like shopping centres
Some of the stuff looks really cool, but if humans are that dependent on technology in ten years were all *bleep*ed
We're already pretty dependent on it, so while I see where you're coming from, you're ignoring the current state of things.
Which is most sensitive information is stored on a computer somewhere, and chances are it is connected to the internet somehow. Computers are relied on for many aspects of our lives, such as our work, entertainment, and even things we don't really realize (like our credit card info and such).
Are you also forgetting cars, trains, and planes are technology too?
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Above all esle, future technologies will intersperse the rigid boundary between laypeople and those who enjoy it professionally albeit some fervent people might learn new knowledge of advance technological inventions contingent upon their passion, time and budget.
Digital paper screens probably won't be quite that prevalent in the future though either.
Indeed, a fair bit of this stuff would only be available to business/wealthy persons, but it'll still be there, which means something.
The newspaper is actually reasonably believable. Though I doubt they'd have an actual newspaper that has tons of physical pages, just one or two or something, and you can flip through it with a finger across the digital screen. Though yes, I can see many people having multi-purpose papers (DLing newspaper issues to read in a flexible e-book format).
A pocket device that can identify what it takes a picture of? I doubt it'd be reliable, computers are notoriously bad at recognizing aesthetic details that reveal what the big picture is. Then again, computer and software tech will probably be a fair bit more advanced by then, but still...
Overall, it shows how it could be, realistically, 10 years from now. I doubt some of this stuff will come to be (namely the stuff I mentioned),
But hey, we are advancing greatly i mean common, even though i don't think microsoft was invovled in this, there was an interactive holographic projection, that looked amazing
all in due time i say.
Which is most sensitive information is stored on a computer somewhere, and chances are it is connected to the internet somehow. Computers are relied on for many aspects of our lives, such as our work, entertainment, and even things we don't really realize (like our credit card info and such).
Are you also forgetting cars, trains, and planes are technology too?