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Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies

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2013

43 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
Bioacustic Sensing		>10
Smart Dust		>10
Quantum Computing		>10
Quantified Self		2-5
3D Bioprinting		5-10
Brain-Computer Interface		>10
Human Augmentation		>10
Volumetric and Holographic Displays		>10
Electrovibration		5-10
Affective Computing		5-10
Prescriptive Analytics		5-10
Autonomous Vehicles		5-10
Biochips		5-10
Neurobusiness		>10
3D Scanners		5-10
Mobile Robots		5-10
Speech-to-Speech Translation		5-10
Internet of Things		>10
Natural-Language Question Answering		5-10
Big Data		5-10
Consumer 3D Printing		5-10
Gamification		5-10
Wearable User Interfaces		5-10
Complex Event Processing		5-10
Content Analytics		5-10
In-Nemory Database Management Systems		2-5
Virtual Assistants		2-5
Augmented Reality		5-10
Machine-to-Machine Communication Services		5-10
Mobile Health Monitoring		5-10
NFC		2-5
Mesh Networks: Sensor		>10
Cloud Computing		2-5
Virtual Reality		5-10
In-Memory Analytics		<2
Gesture Control		2-5
Activity Streams		2-5
Enterprise 3D Printing		2-5
Biometric Authentication Methods		2-5
Consumer Telematics		5-10
Location Intelligence		<2
Speech Recognition		2-5
Predictive Analytics		<2