Current and Future Trends of Media and Information

• Haptics technology


  Transmits tactile information using sensations such as vibration, touch, and force feedback
• Contextual Awareness


  The ability to understand and gather information about your environment at any given time, adjust decisions, and adapt behaviors accordingly
• Current Trends

  • Gamification
  • Eye tracking technology
  • Brainwave sensing
  • Internet Glasses
  • Virtual Worlds
  • Voice and Tone Recognition
  • AI
• Gamification


  Adding game mechanics into non-game environments, like websites, and online communities to increase participation
• Eye tracking technology


  Measures eye positions and movements, which are analyzed through computer applications
• Brainwave sensing


  Remarkable tool to keep a note of the brainwaves, EEG (electroencephalograph) is a machine made in 1958 to measure electrical activity in the brain
• Internet Glasses


  Smart glasses combine Augmented Reality technology into a wearable device that allows hands-free access to the internet
• Virtual Worlds


  A computer-based online community environment that is designed and shared by individuals
• Voice and Tone Recognition


  Ability of a program to identify a person based on their unique voiceprint
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)


  The power of a machine to copy intelligent human behavior
• Massive Open Online Content (MOOC)


  A typically free web-based distance learning program that's designed for large numbers of geographically dispersed students
• Wearable technology


  Also known as "wearables," is a category of electronic devices that can be worn as accessories, embedded in clothing, implanted in the user's body, or even tattooed on the skin
• 3D environment


  A three-dimensional representation of geometric data that resembles the real world. It is simply a digital setting or background created with computer graphics software. It can be an indoor or outdoor location with realistic or non-realistic objects that give you visual sensations
• 3D environment examples

  • 3D Printing
  • 3D Film
  • Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality
  • Hologram
• Ubiquitous learning


  Also known as u-learning, is access to learning and information from anywhere and at any time