Tech Trends To Look For In 2012
As the year comes to a close it’s time to look forward to the end of yet another year and anticipate what sweeping new changes could flood across our collective landscape. Nearly everyone finds themselves immersed in some form of new technological trend on a daily basis, whether its private video sharing with givit or cloud services at the office. But four major over-arching trends promise to push us further along this year:
Technology ecosystems rise higher on the food chain. The symbiosis between social networks, the Internet, and business will continue to reinforce the importance of interacting technological agents. In other words, tech firms and virtually all other business entities will be increasingly in the dark unless they understand the changing landscape of global supply chains. Companies that double down on their digital capabilities will flourish; those that don’t will wither away like dandelions in the winter.
Realtime communications become more important. Mobile devices, instant messaging, VoIP, video conferencing, telepresence and even interactive TV will all continue to become commonplace forms of interaction and entertainment. Expect the 2012 Olympics to be the biggest peer to peer global entertainment event in history, with viewers able to use their computers to watch whichever event they want and switch camera angles at will.
Semantic web. The collaborative movement to turn the Internet into a “web of data” will essentially allow machines to more easily interpret information, streamlining intelligence gathering with easily decodable metadata. Sound like science fiction? Maybe it is. But it will also be a giant step towards Web 3.0 and the Internet of Things—other big trends coming up this decade. Combined, these technologies will make information flow more efficiently through more sustainable channels.
Holographic 3D. Yes, George Lucas might have predicted it when flickering Princess Leia popped out and said, “Help us, Obiwan. You’re our only hope.” The recent resurgence of 3D entertainment has shown us that while viewing movies and television in three dimensions is popular and in demand, it’s in need of innovation. Holographic 3D promises to be the great bridge between 3D and virtual reality. While it may not hit the market as soon as OLED displays, expect the merger of recent technologies like Cheoptics360 , Claro Holographic TV, and UberCoolHome Ubergraph to pave the wave for the next major revolution in visual entertainment.
You don’t need to be Nostradamus to predict that technology will continue to figure prominently in our lives, from global business demands to local entertainment streams. Technology ecosystems, realtime communications, the semantic web, and holographic 3D will all surface this year, some in embryonic states, others in upgraded form.
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