The advancement of technology in recent decades has been surprising; today, we talk about smart cars and cameras, connected appliances, drones, air taxis, and many other innovations that are possible thanks to the development of artificial intelligence (AI), virtual/augmented reality (VR / AR), Internet of Things (IoT) and automation aimed to make our lives easier.
Frost & Sullivan predicts major transformations for 2030. Of these, some will have spread by then from the industrial sectors to our daily lives. These are some of the most prominent:
- Autonomous and intelligent world, from our homes and vehicles to the airspace, passing through each facility we visit
- Fully connected life, through perfect integration of voice, video, and data that will provide ubiquitous connectivity (any place and any time)
- Digital reality, with evolved VR / AR technologies creating a continuous environment of total virtual reality
- Zero-latency, which will emerge from the 5G network advancements (already underway) and the introduction of 6G so that millions of connected devices interact in real-time with a latency of microseconds.
The widespread adoption of these technologies translates into endless possibilities.
Home automation would simplify how we interact with every system, centralizing all the systems like lights, climate, sprinklers, and security and taking corrective actions based on experiences or predictions (adjusting to the people in the house, climate changes, or neighbor reports). It will also facilitate daily tasks beyond the simple programming of current smart devices (coffee makers, vacuum cleaners, or ovens) that allow us to manage our food inventory, avoid food spoilage, and offer automated replenishment with drone delivery.
Transportation and communication will benefit from the adoption of new technologies. AI-powered transportation would decrease commute times, and our phones could take care of all the details of handling a reservation for us.
In supermarkets and other commercial establishments, there will also be exciting innovations. Market intelligence firm CB Insights suggests several trends, of which we can highlight:
The ubiquity of drones, cameras, and smart screens all around us wherever we buy, optimizing inventory, collecting information about our habits or emotions, and always ready to please our needs.
Mobile phones will be the ideal way to interact with stores: ER/VR solutions could show clothes alternatives on us, while RFID, smart cameras, and shelf sensors will make automated checkouts a reality and out of stocks a thing of the past beyond automated replenishment.
WILL THIS BE OUR DAILY LIFE?
It is a possibility. We know that the deployment of ultra-broadband and high-speed networks with 5G or WiFi 6 technologies and the following generation of these will allow us to bridge the gap between the physical and digital worlds to reach a life immersed in technology as we described. According to Marco Tena, a System Engineering Manager at Aruba Mexico, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company.
