How do we distinguish between old and new communication technologies?
In today's modern society we are constantly being told what is new and updated, what we need and what we don't. But how do you as a consumer, understand the difference and sort through all of the gimmicks and actually find what is 'new'?
There have been many evolutions in technology over the years and many have come about unnnoticed at first. A technology that is considered new but is actually old would be 3D, a concept that made it's way into mainstream in the 80's with the blue and red cellophane glasses, which were soon put aside to let the technology become better developed. It's hard to say whether or not this technology will succeed here where it once didn't or be shelved again but what can be noted is that consumers want it. As long as there is demand there will be supply and that is how such a technology becomes new again.
There is also the combination of technologies to create a 'new' one such as the Smart TV's being produced by Samsung which offer the buyer complete internet access capabilities and the iPhone 4 which offers not only a phone but gaming, organization, video chat, internet access and company applications. These technologies aren't really giving us anything new, just offering us the same old technologies but in a different fashion.
When the consumer realises this they may just start to demand a real 'new' communication technology, but in this day and age what more is there to offer? Perhaps this may be the beginning of hologram technology, as is supposedly being developed in Japan for the future of the Fifa World Cup.
http://www.techworld.com.au/article/347497/japan_proposes_global_holographic_world_cup_broadcast/
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