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Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies

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2014

45 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
Digital Security		5-10
Virtual Personal Assistants		5-10
Smart Workspace		5-10
Connected Home		5-10
Quantified Self		5-10
Brain-Computer Interface		>10
Human Augmentation		>10
Quantum Computing		>10
Software-Defined Anything		5-10
Volumetric and Holographic Displays		>10
3D Bioprinting Systems		5-10
Smart Robots		5-10
Affective Computing		5-10
Biochips		5-10
Neurobusiness		>10
Predictive Analytics		5-10
Data Science		2-5
Smart Advisors		5-10
Autonomous Vehicles		5-10
Speech-to-Speech Translation		5-10
Internet of Things		5-10
Natural-Language Questioning Answer		5-10
Wearable User Interfaces		5-10
Consumer 3D Printing		5-10
Cryptocurrencies		5-10
Complex-Event Processing		5-10
Big Data		5-10
In-Memory Database Management Systems		2-5
Content Analytics		2-5
Hybrid Cloud Computing		2-5
Gamification		5-10
Augmented Reality		5-10
Machine-to-Machine Communication Services		5-10
Mobile Health Monitoring		5-10
Cloud Computing		2-5
NFC		2-5
Virtual Reality		5-10
Gesture Control		2-5
In-Memory Analytics		<2
Activity Streams		2-5
Enterprise 3D Printing		2-5
3D Scanners		2-5
Consumer Telematics		5-10
Speech Recognition		<2