Category: Convergence

Reality is up for grabs. The Internet is no longer a place we go to through our smartphones, laptops, or other connected devices. The network is becoming an overlay on top of our physical world. Over the next decade, most everything around us will become connected and interconnected, intelligent and communicative. Get the latest Futurist Report—Blended Reality: The Future of Entertainment, 5G, and Mobile Edge Computing.

Creative people just want to create, but it is important for them to be cognizant of technology trends and to be prepared to support the latest technologies. Learn how media and technology are converging to create new opportunities for creators and reveal unprecedented experiences for the audiences who what their work.

The world is converging. Well, maybe not every single piece of the world, but consider the cultural and corporate landscape of the past decade or two. In this post, we’ll take a look at examples of all the types of convergence happening across the current cultural landscape.

Interested in developing for the MR space? Wondering if you really need to learn a ton of new skills or can you leverage those you already have? Becoming a MR developer might be easier than you think. Read on to discover resources that can set you on your path.

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An approachable guide to mixed reality, including a discussion of its origins, main features, market potential, and relationship to virtual reality and augmented reality.

The 1s and 0s of binary code have swept away the analog world and created a digitally converged world that’s changed entertainment in less than two decades. We explore digital convergence today and what it holds for the future of creators and consumers of entertainment. See what five experts — filmmakers, authors, futurists, academics, and technology practitioners have to say about digital convergence as they share their experiences and vision.

Technology innovation is not linear. There is not a line where one company develops something that leads to another company developing a more advanced version of something else, and so on. Looking at past technology innovation in hindsight is even challenging, especially within the last two decades because it feels like it is accelerating. Learn more about technology convergence, how it is regulated, and its (relative) history. See what experts on technology convergence have to say about the future.

Media convergence has been happening at such a dizzying pace in the early part of the 21st century, it’s easy to forget that the media landscape was changing and adapting throughout the 20th century too.