I found this week’s readings quite eye-opening. The video at the beginning of the article was accurately how I imagine the “future” of technology: exactly what it is now, but unlocks more gesture possibilities and projects onto anything. This reminds me of a rumored concept for the iPhone 6 that I got quite excited over in 2013, deeming it to be innovative and futuristic.
While I was upset that Apple did not end up releasing this concept as the iPhone 6, this article made me hope they never release such a phone.
I feel like the article made me realize innovation has kind of paused in the last few years. My friends and I often discuss this question of “if we wanted to invent something new, what could we invent?” because we feel like everything we need, that has a realistic solution, has already been invented. However, this article made me think, what if videos and visions like the ones presented in the article are the reason we are unable to think outside of the box and invent new ideas. The vision for the future often consists of simply combining different existing technologies into one, or expanding current technologies, halting the invention of ground-breaking inventions. It almost feels like phones with a touch screen was the last time humanity witnessed a truly impressive and shocking invention.