Developing a 6th Sense – Link
This video shows a vision of how technology becomes a 6th sense for people in their everyday lives, really interesting to see how this shapes from research process into real technology in the coming years:
Future of Sticky Notes – Link
This for me is a little weaker than 6th sense, however I can see it being really useful for certain use cases and people, the example of people who don’t want to use computers is good. Other examples I can think of are rail tickets (write “return ticket to preston” on the pad and the machine prints your ticket after appropriate payment).
Virtual Worlds and how they may be integrated to the enterprise – link
A view from Microsoft – link
This really focuses on touch and smart surfaces of all kinds. I really like the ideas around using your finger as a mouse and the potential flexibility intelligent surfaces give for input of information. Not too sure on the visualisations for outputting information in this video but these things will be tuned with time.
What is clear from all these videos is that if we thought change in information technology had been rapid in the previous 10 years then its absolutely nothing compared to what we are going to see. I love the thoughts about a 6th sense, that of information available permanently wherever I am and in context of what I am doing. I’m looking forward to the rollercoaster which will take us there! Its also going to be amazing to watch where 6th sense adoption takes place first, I’m guessing it won’t be the west where we are PC/Laptop device oriented and more likely to be China where mobile devices are the predominant form factor.
Stu Downes 