The trend that actually happens is the one that isn’t hyped!
— Jim Carroll
Original 2021 statement: We’ll find that the hyped ‘metaverse’ didn’t happen with avatars, but did with heads-up displays and similar technologies
What Jim has written about this
From “Daily Inspiration: “The trend that actually happens is the one that isn’t hyped!”” (January 2023)
Part of the art of figuring out the future is knowing this - you’ll often find the real trend by looking beyond the hype to what’s actually happening ! The hype? Virtual headset virtual reality , best epitomized by the bold but somewhat doomed bet by Mark Zuckerberg with his Meta initiative. The reality? The return of Google Glass ideas with smart heads-up display based on accelerated augmented reality technology and concepts.
Non-immersive, in that this isn’t a headset that you wear but the hardware you glance at that provides you detailed information about the space around you - the marriage of AR and HUD (augmented reality in heads-up displays). In 2023, a greater number of organizations are going to discover this is the real VR / AR opportunity, not the crazy headset idea being pushed by Facebook, er, Meta. That will always be a fascinating but niche-oriented bit of hardware that will provide much amusement and fun but not a lot of business applications.
That’s why, when considering a trend, you might often find the reality not in the thing that is hyped, but in the things happening around it. It’s not VR that is real -it’s AR. I posted this as a comment to Mastodon - a fast-emerging alternative to the hate bucket that Twitter has become - and received this response from ‘Ralph058’ @jimcarroll This has a ring of truth to it. The “Self Driving Car” is not the trend. It is the ubiquitous growth of autonomous systems because of it. Autonomy Engineering is a field. I’ve interviewed for making construction equipment, mining equipment, pleasure boats, airplanes, commercial trucks, and of course automobiles “self driving”
From “Daily Inspiration: “You’ll never get to the future if you never attempt the future!”” (June 2023)
Part of the art of figuring out the future is knowing this - you’ll often find the real trend by looking beyond the hype to what’s actually happening ! The hype? Virtual headset virtual reality , best epitomized by the bold but somewhat doomed bet by Mark Zuckerberg with his Meta initiative. The reality? The return of Google Glass ideas with smart heads-up display based on accelerated augmented reality technology and concepts.
Non-immersive, in that this isn’t a headset that you wear but the hardware you glance at that provides you detailed information about the space around you - the marriage of AR and HUD (augmented reality in heads-up displays). In 2023, a greater number of organizations are going to discover this is the real VR / AR opportunity, not the crazy headset idea being pushed by Facebook, er, Meta. That will always be a fascinating but niche-oriented bit of hardware that will provide much amusement and fun but not a lot of business applications.
That’s why, when considering a trend, you might often find the reality not in the thing that is hyped, but in the things happening around it. It’s not VR that is real -it’s AR. I posted this as a comment to Mastodon - a fast-emerging alternative to the hate bucket that Twitter has become - and received this response from ‘Ralph058’ @jimcarroll This has a ring of truth to it. The “Self Driving Car” is not the trend. It is the ubiquitous growth of autonomous systems because of it. Autonomy Engineering is a field. I’ve interviewed for making construction equipment, mining equipment, pleasure boats, airplanes, commercial trucks, and of course automobiles “self driving”
Read the full pieces on jimcarroll.com:
Daily Inspiration: “The trend that actually happens is the one that isn’t hyped!”
Daily Inspiration: “You’ll never get to the future if you never attempt the future!”