GRAND RAPIDS ? Virtual Reality morphing into Our Reality, sensors reaching out to embrace nearly every product, Smart Clients imbuing intelligence into electronic devices, and entertainment everywhere were the picks this year for top tech trends by NuSoft Solutions President Keith Brophy.
Brophy, the founder of SageStone Consulting, which he sold in December to NuSoft, has presented his annual technology trends report for years. He made his latest predictions Thursday night at the GLIMAWest networking meeting.
Brophy?s 2005 predictions include:
Virtual Reality Equals Our Reality. Computer simulated environments have become pervasive and will only continue to evolve making the veil between real and simulated impossible to discern.
Sensors That Reach Out. For instance, car alarms that connect directly to your cell phone to alert you when someone tampers with your vehicle.
Smart Clients. Our living experiences recorded by our electronic devices. Eventually all electronic devices will have intelligence.
Entertainment Everywhere. The iPod revolution in music is only the beginning of the entertainment revolution that will have our music, our movies, our games constantly available in our homes, work and vehicles.
Improved Tools To Write Software. The jury is still out on what those tools will be, but computers have begun to write their own code.
GPS Like Electricity. GPS chips already are in our cars and cell phones. This year they will become embedded in us.
Robots Become Life As We Know It. Robotic products like the Roomba automatic floor vacuum will become the norm this year.
Safer Technology Differentiates Cars. Technology that makes vehicles safer will become a major selling point for auto makers trying to separate themselves from the pack.
10 Percent Of Us Will Get An ID Chip By 2008. Lead by the move to find lost or kidnapped children, embedded ID chips will become more prevalent in the years to come.
