Technology Predictions for 2010
Among
the technology trends predicted for the year 2010 is the advent of
mainstream broadband-enabled television, with the BBC and other U.K.
players participating in Project Canvas. The initiative involves the
installation of a set-top box with an Internet link, establishing a
means to access Web sites and their content via the TV.
Although the popularity of Twitter
signals that real-time social networks have become well-entrenched, the
challenge remains in gathering their short-form contents together in a
genuinely practical format. Twitter is saturated with people's
opinions, which makes it nearly impossible to present them in a manner
in which their relative merits are apparent.
Augmented reality also is poised to
progress in 2010, having already been a hit with early tech-savvy
adopters in such applications as compasses and global positioning
systems in cell phones.
Location-based games are expected to
proliferate while navigation displays will shift from bird's-eye-view
map-based schematics to arrows on the road.
Meanwhile, three-dimensional (3D) TV is
on the way, with both Panasonic and Sky verifying that they will
release 3D TVs and Sky's announced rollout of a dedicated 3D channel.
The unknown factor is whether consumers will be willing to adopt the
technology, and the initial cost of the 3D TVs is expected to be high.
Another challenge the technology will need to overcome is consumers'
resistance to wearing special glasses while watching TV, at least until
next-generation TVs with screens that automatically perform 3D
rendering appear.
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