Smartphones are frankly tired! No, I’m being quite serious. I used to try to change them every year, but lately I don’t feel like doing it at all. The main reason why this happens is that they do not change at all. A gadget that was bought two or even three years ago can do exactly what some fresh one can do – especially in the flagship segment. There is some development, but it is extremely insignificant. Firstly, it seems that smartphones simply hit their own ceiling. Secondly, a decrease in the dynamics of development may be associated with a shortage of semiconductors and generally not the most positive epidemiological situation in the world. Thirdly, instead of smartphones, manufacturers are actively developing something else.
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Smart glasses with active use of augmented reality
Recently I came across an interesting article published by The Street. Its author claims that in 2022 it is important to acquire Apple shares. Among the reasons is the potential announcement of Apple Glass glasses in the very near future, which will blow up the market and increase the company’s capitalization. This opinion is quite valid. Glasses will be needed for the active use of augmented reality. It is already systematically developing on the screens of smartphones today, but this is only a preparatory stage. With the help of full AR support, a screen with any content can appear in front of your eyes, just like on a smartphone. Therefore, in itself the most popular category of mobile gadgets today will become absolutely useless. The main thing is that the technologies are ready.
New generation smart watches with holographic screens
It is quite possible that key manufacturers of equipment will switch from smartphones to smartwatches. They can begin to be equipped with holographic displays, the size of which will be quite enough to view multimedia content and use other features that a smartphone is responsible for today. The main brake in the development of holographic displays in recent years has been the speed of rendering three-dimensional graphics. But within the walls of MIT, this issue has actually been sorted out. To make this process faster, the researchers used machine learning mechanisms that were fed thousands of complex images and taught how to interact with them.
Self-driving cars without a steering wheel at all
According to Bloomberg, Apple will introduce a self-driving car closer to 2025. Today it is difficult to imagine that vehicles without drivers will massively move along the streets of familiar cities. But it is foolish to argue that this is an incredibly interesting direction that top electronics manufacturers are probably working on. Progress in this area, among other things, depends on neural network researchers who continue to systematically pump them. An important step in this direction will be innovative mechanisms of artificial intelligence, which will be based on the mechanism of flexible change of algorithms after the initial training. They will be ready for the most unexpected challenges from outside.
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Virtual reality and whole life in digital worlds
At the end of 2021, Facebook acquired a parent company, which was named Meta. Thus, Mark Zuckerberg, obviously, emphasized his intention to concentrate on the development of next-generation social networks. We are talking about entire virtual worlds in which it will actually be possible to live. Some games already today resemble something similar. But when using virtual reality, the immersion effect will be even deeper. Yes, Facebook has plenty of VR-related assets, so the company’s move to the metaverse seems pretty obvious. Once Zuckerberg also wanted to be involved in the production of smartphones, but in the end he chose another even more global direction.
Smart wardrobe items in every possible manifestation
Wearable electronics is insanely interesting to consumers in any of its manifestations. This, among other things, is shown by the systematically increasing sales of fully wireless headphones, as well as smart watches and other similar gadgets. The next technological boom, which the world leaders in electronics manufacturing will focus on, could be smart clothes. Researchers have already learned how to make smart fibers that can be quite simply integrated into fabric and sewn from it into any wardrobe items. They will be able to control the physical activity of the owner and even store information recorded on themselves. It will be interesting to try all this in the foreseeable future.
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Internal chips for data transfer and translation to the brain
Another area that may be of interest to electronics manufacturers is internal chips for subcutaneous use, news about new developments in the segment of which regularly hit the network. First of all, they can be interesting from the point of view of information storage. It is easy to write down vaccination data from the same COVID-19 there or add omissions of any kind. NFC support will also allow you to pay for purchases in a contactless way. It is unlikely that any computational operations will appear on such devices, but such scenarios will already be more than enough.
Instead of a conclusion: the vector of technology development is actively changing
In general, there are more than enough options for further development of technologies after smartphones. Moreover, the news background in related areas deserves the closest attention both from the side of ordinary people and from the standpoint of technology specialists. In the foreseeable future, the community will definitely experience another boom in one of the described directions. The only question is which of the above will consumers be willing to pay for. Personally, I’m most attracted to smart glasses. And you?
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