IBM has just announced their next “Five in Five”, five innovations that they believe will change the world in just 5 years. Starting with “ubiquitous sensors”, I particularly like their belief of 3D in five years. Not in the movies or TV, but in User Interfaces and Video Chat.
In the next five years, 3-D interfaces – like those in the movies – will let you interact with 3-D holograms of your friends in real time. Movies and TVs are already moving to 3-D, and as 3-D and holographic cameras get more sophisticated and miniaturized to fit into cell phones, you will be able to interact with photos, browse the Web and chat with your friends in entirely new ways.
Watch the video for all 5 innovations, presented with some nice CG to demonstrate what they think will happen.
I had worked in IBM for 5years. It’s innovations is really touches people hearts.