Andrew Howard has written us a post this week about International Women’s day and a very interesting talk he attended by LJ Rich…
On International Women’s Day (Thursday 8th March) SHU hosted a joint event with the ACCA (Association Of Chartered Certified Accountants) – a talk by technology journalist and TV presenter LJ Rich on “Three tech trends that will change everyone’s life”.
- The first trend was Deep Experiences like algorhythmic cinema that uses sensors to measure a viewer’s heartrate and perspiration to determine what is shown next in a film, every time you watch is different (there’s an academic article about this here).
- Altered Reality was the second – for example using an augmented reality headset to completely change how you experience a ride on a rollercoaster (see here) or mixed reality to show directions, instructions and information in real time in apparently empty space (see here).
- Sensing technology, the third trend, is technology that reacts automatically to the user, so a fitness app may tell you to go for a run if you have been sitting still too long, a voice stress monitor may phone your best friend if it thinks you are distressed, your phone may take and share a photo when it thinks you are excited or a gesture while you are driving could answer your phone hands-free.
It really was an excellent talk and I managed to snap a picture of LJ and Deborah.
