Original question by @[email protected]
I think ar might be a dead dream in its current state, I always thought wed have proper ar glasses by now because I fell for Magic Leaps Marketting, not sure if it’ll come anytime soon.
What I do believe is coming is the resurgence of computers through mobile phones. Everyone has a powerful computer in their pockets but isn’t able to use them to their full potential. I wouldn’t be suprised if android pushed out a proper android desktop experience letting android users get the full linux desktop experience when plugged into a monitor, mouse, and keyboard.
Phone performance is stronger than the average laptops/netbooks from 10 years age and they run linux fine for everyday use. Feels like a missed opportunity if someone doesn’t drop a phone or os that lets you take advantage of modern hardwares capability. They could advertise it to families, mo more buying a pc for school, just get them hardware for their existing device, it can already do everything. Schools could use lapdocks, or tabletdocks, that could force school parental controls on devices while at school and still let them use it for their education while in class.
(obviously not everyone has a phone but that frees up resources for the kids that dont, if the kids that do can use cheaper docks with their exisitnt hardware)
I don’t think you’ll be able to keep AI out of those predictions. It’ll likely morph into something actually useful, and seep deeper into all kinds of technologies. Sort of like how so many cars now come with ‘Driver Assist.’
But I think a lot of it will migrate to run on devices, so your 3D printer or air-conditioner will be more adaptive and less prone to failing.
Also, given what Apple and Google recently showed at their dev conferences, we’re going to see a lot more use of AI inside games, like NPCs that say and behave in different ways. Or productivity apps that look at what you’re doing and berate you for being too stupid.