The next wave of new technology will be VR and AR. With products like the Oculus Rift, Samsung’s Gear VR, and a variety of new products coming out from Microsoft and Zeiss, virtual reality and 3D technology is going to take off probably next year. Microsoft’s Hololens is an AR or augmented reality product where users can see clearly through the lenses, but the lenses provide overlays of what is seen. So, for instance, it could provide a HUD like you see in video games but in real life.
Google’s Glass didn’t take off initially, but then neither did tablets back in the 90s. Now look where we are.
So basically holo stuff, right?
For gamers, maybe. But for everyone else, no. You have to wear a goofy contraption on your head.
Smart watches, on the other hand (well, not literally...), use real-estate that was already allocated by most for information. As a convenient extension of the smart phone, I think they'll have much greater reach than VR/AR. Not groundbreaking, but much more prevalent.