2020 | Emerging Technology Trends To Look For
In the past few decades, the world has witnessed major technological changes. In the early 80s, it was considered elite to own a computer, now in 2020, technology has a completely different meaning. In the early 1910s, the idea of being able to communicate to someone in the other end of the world via telephonic conversation with digital display, would have been passed on as a joke. Today, we are able to talk to anyone in a matter of seconds.
In the upcoming years, especially during this COVID-19 pandemic, it is anticipated that technologies of various fields will grow exponentially within a few months for strengthening the economy around the globe
That’s the thing with technology- it never stands still. It is forever changing for the betterment of the world. We might be thinking we have everything now, what more could be left. That’s where brilliant minds start thinking. We see things and believe that they are enough, but they see more to it, they see endless possibilities. As technology advances, it will induce rapid change and advancement..
And following are the trends in technology to watch for in next few years:
1. Artificial Intelligence
° Facial Recognition: Facial Recognition is a way of identifying or confirming the identification of an individual using their face.
° Privacy and Policy: AI is crucial for privacy protection and access to data. Often people don’t know about the way in which their digital information/data is being seen or used which makes it necessary to have privacy and policy for such important data.
° Cloud: As per an expert report, the most comprehensive public cloud providers will have a rise in 2020.
2. Machine Learning
Machine learning is the study of computer algorithms that gets better automatically by experience. It was first invented by Arthur Samuel in 1952, and since then, the steady evolution of Machine Learning has made it the go-to technology for numerous sectors. It easily filters the data as per its significance and brings up the functional data, while leaving behind the scrap. This way, it saves time and enables the organizations to handle the expenses.
A huge amount of data will be produced in 2020, and industries will need Machine Learning to categorize the related data for better performance.
4. Multi-Experience:
The concept of Multi-Experience was developed by Gartner in 2019. The concept is considered to be one of the biggest developments for 2020. As a matter of fact, Gartner states that “more than 25% of the mobile apps, progressive web apps and conversational apps at large enterprises will be built and/or run through a multi-experience development platform” by 2023.
Multi-experience currently focuses on immersive experiences that use augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed reality, multi-channel human-machine interfaces, and sensing technologies.
5. Human Augmentation
Human augmentation is an area of research that explores how technology can be used to deliver cognitive and physical advances as an integral part of the human experience. It is formed to increase human capabilities both physically and cognitively.
We have already seen the proliferation of smart devices and smart wearables. New applications include the use of these wearables to improve worker safety in the mining industry. In other industries, wearables could be used to increase worker productivity and increase human intelligence.
6. Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
Virtual reality is where users wear a headset and is fully engaged in computer-generated environments and Augmented reality is where computer images are superimposed onto the user’s view of the real world, through a screen or headset. Through augmented reality, people can shop online by seeing the products as if they are seeing them in reality. Makeup, fashion, and lifestyle brands all are getting attention from customers by using technologies that handle facial recognition, adjust to local lighting situations, and give personalized guidance and further gives players an amazing first-person perspective experience. The global VR gaming market size is foreseen to be worth 22.9 billion by the end of 2020.
7. Blockchain
According to industry experts and reports, Blockchain currency is growing at an accelerated rate. It’s hard not to argue that cryptocurrencies represent the future of online transactions.
As a tech-team in a Software Solutions Company, we are amazed to see how technology is shaping the world for the greater good. However, we need to be cautious as some of these technological advances are controversial and challenge us at a very high scale. While this is the age of technology, we also need to maintain calm & sanity at any cost.
