Gartner’s Hype Cycle Emerging Technology Trends August 2016
Gartner, Inc. has released their Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2016 report (see image). This reveals three distinct technology trends set to be the highest priority for rapidly accelerating innovation within the organization. A summary of the three main technology trends for creating experiences to connect with new business ecosystems can be accessed here.
Those three main technology trends are:
- Transparently immersive experiences
- Perceptual smart machine age
- The platform revolution
The report would be of great interest to business strategists, CIOs, R&D leaders, entrepreneurs, global market developers and emerging-technology teams when considering developing their emerging-technology portfolios.
The report distills insights from more than 2,000 technologies into a small collection of emerging technologies and trends to inform strategic planning, and provides competitive advantage across the next five to ten years. Augmented Reality is also predicted to go mainstream during this interval. Further information can be found in the following article which summarizes key takeaways: Gartner Hype Cycle Report on Forbes.
Augmented Reality gets the following mention: “immersive experiences will become more intelligent and contextually aware, enabling greater productivity.” Other technologies enabling transparently immersive experiences include 4D printing, brain-computer interface, human augmentation, volumetric displays, affective computing, connected home, nanotube electronics, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and gesture control devices.