Inc (Winter 2018)
“This is the beginning of the end of smartphones…. There’s already evidence of the next wave of computers, which we’ll wear and command using our voices. The transition from smartphones to smart wearables–earbuds that have biometric sensors and speakers; rings and bracelets that can sense our motion; glasses that record and display information–will forever change how we experience the world…. All of which is to say that, in the not-too-distant future, we’ll be making the physical and digital realms interchangeable. Think smartphones are addictive? You haven’t seen anything yet.”
Tags: Augmented reality, Biometric sensors, Computers, Earbuds, Glasses, Smartphones, Voice, Wearables
The Economist (January 7)
“Voice has the power to transform computing, by providing a natural means of interaction…. Being able to talk to computers abolishes the need for the abstraction of a ‘user interface’ at all. Just as mobile phones were more than existing phones without wires, and cars were more than carriages without horses, so computers without screens and keyboards have the potential to be more useful, powerful and ubiquitous than people can imagine today.”
Tags: Cars, Computers, Computing, Horses, Interaction, Interface, Keyboards, Mobile phones, Voice
