This document summarizes technology trends for the year 2010. It predicts that 2010 will be a transformative year that dramatically impacts the consumer experience over the next decade. Key trends discussed include the rise of social media, location-based services, augmented reality, motion-sensing interfaces, the growth of Android smartphones, and the emergence of connected TVs and 4G networks. The document also covers trends in gaming, retail, and how boomers are embracing new technologies.
2. 2010 will be a transformative
year for technology that will
likely impact the consumer
experience dramatically for
the next decade.
We believe:
3. 2010 Trends
•All Media is Social
•Everything is Connected
The Plover and the Croc
•Promise of Android
•Email Evolves
•Catching up Fast
•Not-so-Casual Gaming
Bring-it-on-Boomers
•Social Boomerflies
•By the Numbers
Engaging the Primal
•Location, Location, Location
•Context-Aware Computing
•Year of Kinetics
•Augmented Reality
•Government Steps In
•Data Rules the Universe
Party Like it’s 1999
•Dawn of 4G
•Connected TVs Hit
•Retail Revolution
•Virtual Shortcuts
Retail 3.0
•Social Shopping
•Smarter InStore Messaging
4. Party Like it’s 1999
1999 was the year that changed everything for the Internet, and the future of media.
2010 will be the year that brings the offline world into the digital age.
5. 4G′s
4G is to 3G as
Cable Modems were to dial-up.
Dawn of a
New Era
10. Engaging the Primal
How we interact with technology is changing. 2010 will bring some of the biggest
changes in technology to our fingertips, at a fraction of the cost.
17. Sites that use Facebook
Connect as an alternate to
account registration have
seen a 30-200% increase
in registration on their sites
The
Web’s
Social
Heart
The Plover & the Croc
18. The Plover & the Croc
Everybody’s
Best
Friend
Much like
hyper-syndicated
content strategy,
Netflix has mastered
hyper-syndicated
software.
20. Bring-it-On Boomers
These trailblazing boomers fear nothing but being left behind.
With the influence of their kids, and the arrival of platforms that suit their needs,
they are embracing new technology and making it their own.
24. Retail 3.0
Consumers have more information than ever before, information is power; and
the ability to communicate easily on global scales, gives them the power to call the
shots
27. Awareness Consideration Preference Purchase
Real Purchase
Virtuall
y
GoodThe impulse factor
of virtual goods that
have real world
product parallels can
lower the barrier to
purchase.
Retail 3.0
Consumers are
getting comfortable
with low cost
impulse purchases.
Virtual Purchase
29. Retailers can bring online
experiences to the shelf
Smarter
In-Store Messaging
Mobile can add a powerful layer to in-store
shopping experiences and help close the sale
30. KingTut was one of the
most powerful rulers of
Egypt. And yet for the
boy king, true power
sat with his advisors.
The Informed
Consumer &
Ballad of
King Tut
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Notes de l'éditeur
Whetting the palate: The impulse factor of virtual goods that have real world product parallels can lower the barrier to purchase.
Virtual: No inventory, no surplus, no hassle.
Impulsive: Consumers are getting comfortable with low cost impulse purchases.
$75M Estimated Virtual Goods Revenue For Facebook in 2009
Social Search: Google and Bing now displaying real-time results from Twitter and Facebook next to general search results.
Social Buying: 56% of the largest retailers now have a presence on Facebook, 41% have one on Youtube. Stores like PizzaHut and 1800 Flowers are opening virtual store fronts.
Best in class: Shoe-company Zappos has provided the first completely social shopping experience online.
http://www.zappos.com/vigotti-gidget-black-nappa
Network connected electronic labels - ePaper Technology
http://www.epapercentral.com/lancome-epaper-signage-spotted-in-tokyo-train.htm
ePaper: tagging solutions provide additional product information, timely pricing & promotions, and peer ratings to more resemble online shopping experiences.
Mobile Applications: Mobile can add a powerful layer to in-store shopping experiences and help close the sale.
Trailblazers:
Tesco , PCC Natural Markets, Barnes and Noble.
Barnes and Noble’s iPhone app is the number one app in its category.