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Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies

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2010

41 entries

<2 years2-5 years5-10 years>10 yearsobsolete before plateau years low confidenceGrey: no band on the chart. Exact positions where digitized; otherwise spread evenly within the phase on a schematic curve.

Label	Phase	Time to plateau	Confidence	Note
Human Augmentation		>10
Context Delivery Architecture		5-10
Computer-Brain Interface		>10
Teraherz Waves		>10
Tangible User Interfaces		>10
Extreme Transaction Processing		5-10
Autonomous Vehicles		>10
Video Search		5-10
Mobile Robots		>10
Social Analytics		2-5
3D Printing		5-10
Speech-to-Speech Translation		5-10
Internet TV		5-10
Private Cloud Computing		2-5
Augmented Reality		5-10
Media Tablet		2-5
Wireless Power		5-10
3D Flat-Panel TVs and Displays		2-5
4G Standard		5-10
Activity Streams		2-5
Cloud Computing		2-5
Cloud/Web Platforms		2-5
Gesture Recognition		2-5
Mesh Networks: Sensor		>10
Microblogging		2-5
E-Book Readers		2-5
Video Telepresence		2-5
Broadband over Power Lines		obsolete_before_plateau
Virtual Assistants		5-10
Public Virtual Worlds		5-10
Consumer-Generated Media		<2
Idea Management		2-5
Mobile Application Stores		<2
Biometric Authentication Methods		2-5
Internet Micropayment Systems		2-5
Interactive TV		2-5
Predictive Analytics		<2
Electronic Paper		2-5
Location-Aware Applications		2-5
Speech Recognition		2-5
Pen-Centric Tablet PCs		<2