Friday, October 10, 2014

Killer Apps in the Gigabit Age

http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/10/09/killer-apps-in-the-gigabit-age/

Theme 1) People’s basic interactions and their ability to ‘be together’ and collaborate will change in the age of vivid telepresence—enabling people to instantly ‘meet face-to-face’ in cyberspace with no travel necessary.

Theme 2) Augmented reality will extend people’s sense and understanding of their real-life surroundings and virtual reality will make some spaces, such as gaming worlds and other simulated environments, even more compelling places to hang out.

Theme 3) The connection between humans and technology will tighten as machines gather, assess, and display real-time personalized information in an ‘always-on’ environment. This integration will affect many activities—including thinking, the documentation of life events (‘life-logging’), and coordination of daily schedules.

Theme 4) Specific economic and social sectors will be especially impacted; health/medicine and education were mentioned often.
Theme 5) New digital divides may open as people gain opportunities on different timelines and with different tools.