Entry 3: Future Tech

Technology has increased at an exponential rate and the more it increases the more we integrate it into our lives. The above video shows an Indian company working on a technology to truly integrate the technological, virtual, world with the physical world. This technology is incredible in the way it works and I believe technology like this would significantly change the way we live our lives.

Having everything connected to the internet, the ability to look things up and have everything seamlessly integrate together seems like a fantasy right now, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be a reality in the future. It seems like this technology combined with technology like Google glass could create a world where the way we work, live and interact is completely different than the one we are living in today.

I have read several Sci-Fi novels that deal with the concept of augmented reality. Often they create a world where the have and the have nots are even more separate than they are now. Those who can afford the augmented reality technology are the only ones who can truly work and succeed in the society, those without the technology don’t integrate into the world and as such cannot really be true citizens of the society.

Despite some warnings about the problems augmented reality technology could create for society the technology is still exciting and one I hope to see in my lifetime. If used carefully this tech could connect the world in ways never seen before and increase the potential for human achievement beyond what it already is.