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“The future is here. It just isn’t evenly distributed.” In 1983, the science-fiction author, William Gibson penned those prophetic words. They remain apropos for 2016 because ten existing technologies (listed below) are poised to change the game in virtually every business sector in the coming year.
#2: Virtual-Reality Cameras:
Oculus, Samsung’s VR gear and Microsoft’s Hololens have drawn significant attention to the burgeoning field of virtual reality.
However, it is Nokia’s new virtual
reality camera, Ozo, that may serve
as a springboard for the field by
placing this powerful new tool into
the hands of both professionals
and amateurs. Innovators in the
hospitality, educational, real estate
and sporting industries to be among
the earliest exploiters of this new tool
and, in 2016, expect to see the creation
of a growing number of amazing and
unexpected new virtual reality experiences.
#3: Real Vegan Cheese:
Making cow’s milk without the cow might sound like an oxymoron but the technology to produce a substance molecularly identical to milk could become a reality in 2016. If so, Counter Culture Labs, the company perfecting the technology, will use it to turn their “milk” into cheese—real vegan cheese. Undoubtedly, many people will prefer milk and cheese the way it has always been made but vegans and other consumers who are concerned about the strain the current agricultural system is placing on both animals and the planet may come to prefer this new alternative.