At the Wharton Business Technology Conference, Microsoft’s Business Division president Stephen Elop presented a video that predicted the uses of technology in the year 2019. The video shows future technologies that Microsoft Labs are considering including a wall that connects two classrooms in different parts of the world, lots of old school tech that connects with other stuff, touch displays, electronic newspapers and there’s a bit we love where someone photos someone’s presentation with their laptop and then takes their shot and starts interacting with the ’smart’ items in it.
On their OfficeLabs website, Microsoft asks:
How will emerging technology improve our productivity in the years ahead? What opportunities will arise from evolving trends and global change? Microsoft has collaborated with customers, partners, and thought leaders across multiple disciplines to develop scenarios that explore how long-term trends, customer challenges, and emerging technologies might converge to improve our lives, both at work and home.
There’s a longer version of this film here.
Stepeh Elop’s PPT is available here too.
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Hey, I am a student currently studying second year architecture and was very excited to see this video and the new technology that is up and coming. It’s really a huge coincidence because the project I’m currently working on is somewhat of a digital library with digital storing and reading of newspapers on giant interactive screens. Thrilling to see that something like that is actually possible! I would be interested to learn more about this technology in order to inform a bit of my project or at least understand how it would be possible. Hope to hear back from you!
Thanks,
Kristina Strecker
March 25th, 2009 at 10:05 am