The Digital Futurist
Explore evolving technology trends to predict technology changes over the next few decades.
Examine emerging and future technology trends in Virtual and Augmented Reality, mobile, cutting-edge video content, wearable technology and social virtual worlds with regard to their implications for human communication.
Skills / Knowledge
- Explore terms such as "futurist," "future shock," "Virtual Reality," "Augmented Reality" & "the Singularity"
- Identify the 12 technological supertrends that will shape the future
- Be clear about why you need to think like a futurist
- Understand Virtual Reality's main aims and features
- Spot emerging Virtual Reality developments
- Predict the future of Virtual Reality
- Consider the possible societal implications of full immersive Virtual Reality
- Understand the difference between Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
- Consider five emerging Augmented Reality trends & how these emerging trends could affect our lives
- Make informed predictions about Augmented Reality's future based on current societal and technological trends
- Outline the difference between Narrow Artificial Intelligence and General Artificial Intelligence
- Identify current examples of Artificial Intelligence & predict likely advances in AI based on current trends