What will the technology in your workplace, classroom, or home look like in the near future? A lot like today’s, Microsoft thinks, with a few important tweaks.
Think of a piece of technology that’s buzzworthy today, and you’ll find it in Microsoft’s video. There are aquatic drones, keyless smart locks, and wearables with flexible displays. There’s even a glasses-free holographic PC, no doubt a headset-free future version of what they recently kicked off with HoloLens.
Keyboards seem to have become somewhat of a rare breed, but the stylus will continue to play a role. Microsoft also figures that you’ll be able to rapidly recharge them with a brief press onto a wireless charging puck. We’ll also be stuffing rollable tablets into our messenger bags, having video chats with loved ones on displays the size of an entire sheet of drywall, and be bombarded with data from all angles.Even grandpa’s knee implant will give you updates about how the rehabilitation process is coming along. Hopefully we’ll be able to process that avalanche of data more easily, though.
Microsoft certainly tries to make it look that way in the video. Bits of information flow seamlessly between screens, just by placing them nearby and gently swiping from one to the other (something they’ve played around with before, with the original Surface table PCs). Sharing and collaborating with colleagues looks just as painless in Microsoft’s modern workplace.
There is one thing that Microsoft apparently feels won’t be part of our technological future: the bezel. We’re not talking minimal bezels like on Dell’s XPS 13, Microsoft’s future PCs are a pure image from edge to edge. Presumably that means there are further innovations in palm rejection tech on the way, too.
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