Agora Media Group Innovation Blog

The Telegraph has predicted several technology trends for 2010.

They foresee the following tech trends:

* Rise of the tablet computer (led by Apple)
* Future of on-demand TV
* Make or break for real-time stuff
* 3D TV
* Augmented reality in information and games

Most of these trend predictions are familiar to us, IPTV, real-time and Augmented Reality have been widely covered the last couple of months.
The ones I don’t foresee to rise are the tablet computer and the 3D TV.

While Apple is able to disrupt industries or technologies with their products, I’m not sure if the tablet will penetrate the market as heavily as the iPhone for instance or at least will have an impact.
Ebook readers, better and bigger smartphones are all challenges that needs to be overcome (or complement) by a device like the tablet. The device arsenal of users is growing, from notebook to smartphone and in some cases the ebook reader. At one point an all-in-one device could be wanted. Another scenario could be the adaptive nature of users which slowly shift towards devices like the ebook reader, tablet and increasingly advanced smartphones.

Looking forward to see if the 3D television will have its revolution next year, personally I think it has the same path as Social TV. There are initial developments and content providers, but the market is not ready for it yet, besides the innovators and early adaptors of course.

Augmented Reality and real-time will go hand in hand, enhancing each other’s assets:
* Real-time enhancement of reality, connecting the “offline” world with the “online” world.
* Real-time creation of a more integrated experience between those two worlds.
* Real-time enriching our surroundings with meta-data through our mobile devices.

Augmented Reality does exist already for a decade -but not before the rise of the GPS and compass enabled smartphone- this technology had a widespread attraction amongst users. Both for the Android as the iPhone, applications and browsers are being developed.
Right now, Augmented Reality is being hyped, many me-too applications which essentialy do the same. AR games which are not really AR or are not capable of delivering the expected unique experience.
This being said, Augmented Reality will diffuse the coming year, both amongst users and amongst businesses who are looking to enhance their marketing strategy or portfolio.

What are other technologies which will emerge in 2010?