3. WHAT IS THE FUTURE?
DISCLAIMER
THIS FRESH THINKING ISN’T ABOUT CONTENT OR THE FUTURE OF BRANDS AND COMPANIES
BUT A BROADER VIEW ON TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION AND HOW THE WAY WE INTERACT WITH
TV IS CHANGING.
4. POSSIBILITY
WHEN MINORITY REPORT CAME ABOUT, TOUCH SCREEN AND GESTURE TECHNOLOGY SEEMED
FAR INTO THE FUTURE. YET FORWARD 10 YEARS AND THIS TECHNOLOGY CAN BE FOUND IN
OUR HOMES. IMAGINE WHAT THE NEXT 10 YEARS WILL BRING US?
5. THERE ARE 5 KEY TRENDS. 5
STARTING WITH TODAY AND
ENDING UP INTO THE FUTURE.
4
3
2
1
7. PAUSE, PLAY, REWIND, RECORD, INSTANT
ALL OF THESE MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE THE FUTURE BUT I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO THINK
ABOUT THEM AND HOW QUICKLY TV HAS CHANGED
13. SOCIAL MEDIA
HAS CHANGED THE WAY WE SHARE AND VIEW TV. WE’RE NOW WATCHING A SHOW WHILST
TWEETING ABOUT IT, TO UPDATING OUR STATUSES.
APPS SUCH A ZEEBOX ARE MAKING THIS EXPERIENCE BETTER.
14. IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA BUT ALSO ABOUT
DIFFERENT SOCIAL EXPERIENCES
SAMSUNG’S SMART TV HAS SKYPE INTEGRATED INTO IT SO YOU CAN KEEP IN TOUCH ACROSS
THE WORLD FROM YOUR TV.
22. FACE
ANDROID ALLOWS YOU TO
UNLOCK YOUR PHONE WITH
YOUR FACE.
IMAGINE TVS THAT RECOGNISE
WHICH MEMBER OF YOUR
FAMILY IS SITTING DOWN IN
FRONT OF IT AND CAN TAYLOR
CONTENT TO THEM.
RECOGNITION
23. VOICE
IPHONE’S SIRI USES VOICE
RECOGNITION, ALLOWING YOU
TO TRIGGER PHONE FUNCTIONS
AND APPLICATIONS
HANDS-FREE
WE WILL NO LONGER NEED
REMOTE CONTROLS BUT WILL
BE ABLE TO JUST TALK AND
CHANGE THE CHANNEL!
RECOGNITION
24. EMOTIONAL
SAMSUNG ARE CURRENTLY
RESEARCHING EMOTIONAL
RECOGNITION
THEY’RE LOOKING INTO
WHETHER THEY CAN DELIVER
CONTENT TO FIT OR EVEN LIFT
YOUR MOOD
RECOGNITION
27. MULTIPLE SCREENS
MORE AND MORE WE ARE VIEWING TV WITH MORE THAN ONE SCREEN, BE IT WATCHING TV
WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ON OUR IPADS TO BEING ABLE TO VIEW RELEVANT DATA /MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHOW WE ARE WATCHING.
29. ANY SURFACE WILL BE A SCREEN
WALLPAPER TV IS CURRENTLY BEING INVENTED, USING YOUR WHOLE WALL AS A DISPLAY
WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A PROJECTOR (GREAT FOR SMALL ROOMS)
30. CONTENT IS MOVING
FROM ONE SCREEN TO ANOTHER
APPS SUCH AS BUMP ARE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THIS. IMAGINE HAVING YOUR DVD
COLLECTION ON YOUR PHONE AND BEING ABLE TO FLICK IT TO YOUR TV.
31. SCREENS WILL BECOME TACTILE
YOU’LL BE ABLE TO FEEL THE TEXTURES OF ITEMS ON SCREEN – VIDEO GAMES AND
ECOMMERCE WILL HAVE AN EXTRA DIMENSION
CONTROLS WILL REGAIN THE “FEEL” WE’VE LOST WITH FLAT TOUCH SURFACE DEVICES
32. SECOND SCREENS
BIGGER
ANY SURFACE
THINGS WILL MOVE
TOUCH
4. SCREENS & SURFACE
34. SEAMLESS INTERFACE
THE WAY OUR DEVICES ARE CONTROLLED WILL CONVERGE SO WE CAN GO FROM ONE TO
ANOTHER WITHOUT LEARNING HOW USE TO EACH ONE INDEPENDENTLY
35. IT WILL FOLLOW YOU
WITH GPS BEING A COMMON FUNCTION, YOU COULD BE WATCHING SKYGO ON THE WAY HOME
AND AS YOU STEP INTO YOUR HOME, YOUR TV WILL TURN ON THE PROGRAMME YOU WERE
VIEWING.
37. CONVERGENCE – E.G. SHOPPING
ECOMMERCE WILL BE A LARGE PART OF TV INTERACTION. IMAGINE, WATCHING
JAMES BOND, LIKING HIS WATCH, SELECTING, PAYING FOR IT AND IT’S GETTING
DELIVERED BEFORE YOU’VE FINISHED THE FILM. THIS WILL ALSO SEE AN INCREASE
IN PRODUCT PLACEMENT MORE THAN EVER.
41. TRENDS
SOCIAL
EXPERIENCE
MEDIA
SOCIAL
TECHNOLOGY
AND
INNOVATION
42. TRENDS
DATA RECOGNITION
PERSONALISATION
CONTROL
SOCIAL
TECHNOLOGY
AND
INNOVATION
43. TRENDS SECOND
SCREEN BIG TOUCH
SURFACE
SCREENS AND
SURFACE
MOVE
PERSONALISATION
SOCIAL
TECHNOLOGY
AND
INNOVATION
44. FOLLOW
INSTANT
TRENDS
YOU
EXPERIENCE
CONVERGANCE
SCREENS AND
SURFACE SEAMLESS
PERSONALISATION
SOCIAL
TECHNOLOGY
AND
INNOVATION
45. TRENDS EXPERIENCE
SCREENS AND
SURFACE
PERSONALISATION
SOCIAL
TECHNOLOGY
AND
INNOVATION
46. THE REBIRTH OF THE TV INDUSTRY
LIKE EVERY OTHER INDUSTRY, THE TV INDUSTRY HAS BEEN DISRUPTED. IT’S NOT THE DEATH OF
THE INDUSTRY JUST A SHAKE UP. IN ORDER FOR COMPANIES TO KEEP UP, THEY NEED TO RE-
THINK THEIR MODELS AND THEIR APPROACH.
“We need to start thinking like tech companies.” HBO
“We need to become brilliant aggregators of
content.” HBO
“The best way to predict the future, is to invent it.”
Alan Kay
47. WHAT’S OUR VISION?
TABLE19 WERE ASKED WHAT THEIR PREDICTIONS WOULD
BE IN 6 MONTHS, 1 YEAR AND 5 YEARS TIME.
49. HOWEVER, NO MATTER WHAT NEW TECHNOLOGY IS AVALIABLE AND HOW THESE INNOVATIONS
CHANGE THE WAY WE VIEW TV. THE PURPOSE OF TV IS TO
ESCAPE
IF YOU’RE SHOPPING, TWEETING AND TALKING WHILST WATCHING TV. THE BEAUTY OF
ESCAPISM IS LOST.... JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.