6 Technology Predictions for 2018
2017 was a dark year for the technology industry, dotted with cool new gadgets, predictable breakthroughs and spectacular failures. What will 2018 bring? Here are some of our predictions. LOOK: Life in the network in 2017: what were the biggest surprises? 1. Virtual reality It was assumed that virtual reality was going to take over the world. But tie a pair of glasses to the head and watch video games or 360 videos is not what many expected. In 2018 much of this technology could be massified with something you have at hand: your cell phone. Augmented reality superimposes digital images on the real world, as seen through the camera on your phone. Smartphones include a powerful AR technology so that anyone with a device fast enough can try it. For example, with Apple's ARKit, iOS apps can map a room and use realistic and changing lighting to make their objects blend better with a scene. 2. Robots in the streets The robots are going to take the streets. No, we are...