Tech Trends Report, 2019

Published 2019-03 · 321 predictions

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Partial: all trend titles from the contents pages (printed order, sections from the upper-case contents headings), but quotes only for the few trends whose pages are in the archived transcript of part 2. The PDF was distributed through WeTransfer and is not archived. The publisher states 315 trends. trend_number is the printed trend number where part 2 shows it. Front matter before the Artificial Intelligence section and back matter are excluded.

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Consumer-Grade AI Applications
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Ubiquitous Digital Assistants

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eSports

eSports is the rapidly growing industry of competitive digital gaming, specifically when performed professionally and for a live streaming, broadcast, or in-person audience.

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Mixed Reality Arcades

There are a host of fun, interactive mixed reality games on the market—but not everyone can afford the computer and gaming equipment necessary to play.

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MMOMRGs

MMORPGs—massively multiplayer online role-playing games—have been a staple of the online gaming community for years.

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VR For Marketing

Emerging research suggests that virtual reality storytelling, when it’s done well, rewires all of us—we are likely to develop new belief biases as a result.

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Offline Connections

As consumers shift to their mobile devices, developers are making sure their apps work offline.

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Charging Stations

In the coming years, an unprecedented number of charging stations for electric vehicles will come online, driving demand for a new kind of car and disrupting the traditional gasoline supply chain and retail business.

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Ultra-High-Voltage Direct Current and Macro Grids

In the near-future, we will transport clean energy from production sites to areas where power is needed, using a new kind of power grid being tested in China.

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Trying to Predict Sea Level Rise

We’re getting better at understanding how ice sheets and sea levels change over time.

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Deep Learning For Farming and Food Recognition

Deep learning is being used to help identify food for a number of reasons: to help computers have more robust conversations with us about what we’re eating, to calculate the number of calories in a dish, and to spot spoiled or tainted food.

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