Future Vision 2012: Augmented Reality Predictions

Within three years (in time for ISMAR 2012), which is either a very short period of time or an eternity, depending on your point of view, I predict the following:

* 1 Million wearable displays, with transparent lenses, reasonable field of view, integrated accelerometers, and possibly a high-bandwidth short distance wireless connection, sold on the commercial market.

* Market generating more than $1B in revenues

* Vuzix currently the best positioned to deliver technology and products to the commercial market.

* Vuzix, Microvision, and Lumus Optical the current leaders in wearable display technology

* Companies like Sony, Apple, and others will have branded versions of their own. Probably with licensed display tech, or the fruit (ha! apples) of their own R&D.

* There will be at least

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Praevisio: Future Vision

I just put up a massive post on its own section called Augmented Vision and the Decade of Ubiquity.

Here is an excerpt:

“2010 to 2020 will become The Decade of Ubiquity. Not only will Level 3 become a reality, but the advent of this will spawn entirely new industries, professions, and hundreds of thousands of jobs. The impact of L3 will be equal to or greater than the effect of the Internet and the Web combined. Nearly every industry will change in some way, and L3 technologies will have a dramatic effect on our day to day lives, jobs, education, entertainment, culture, politics, society, and so on. Even newspapers will evolve and reinvent themselves. Today’s web designers and artists will become holoscape designers…”

I wanted this to stand alone as it is a bit too long for a regular blog post (yes, I know I’m normally long-winded anyway), and to make it a bit easier to find (click on the nav bar up top where it says “Future Vision”).

I didn’t edit it much, so it might read like a stream of consciousness. That is ok, as it is meant as a way for me to share what I am thinking and give you a forum for your own replies and thoughts.

I might extend this later with specific examples of augmented reality in the future as it has the potential to be in various industries and fields, but for now, it is what it is.

Enjoy.

Microsoft's Office Labs Future Vision Montage

The guys over at Microsoft Office Labs are earning their paychecks as far as thinking about the future and what we should be looking forward to.

Check out this kick ass video montage (mostly conceptual of course) that addresses the question: “How will emerging technology improve our productivity in the years ahead?” There is quite a bit of augmented reality in here, but also mobile/ubiquitous computing, advanced office applications (better interfaces and visualization) and a host of other neat things.

Notice the total lack of marker patterns and wearable displays? Should we expect contact lens interfaces by 2019? (I’m doubtful on this one).

What do you think?

Check out more info at I Started Something and Venture Beat where I heard about it.