In Quarantine, Technology Is Evolving Faster Than Ever Before
Have you ever found yourself turning on a light switch or opening a window without even realizing you were doing it? So much of the everyday technology in our lives has been simplified to the point where we hardly even notice it, even as it takes up larger portions of our daily lives.
Our culture has become so used to “Walk-By” interfaces that we accept them as part of everyday life. They’re stable, robust, and user-friendly. They have reached a certain kind of technological maturity, unlike newer web-based inventions which are still developing.
With COVID-19 driving us indoors and into isolation, our daily lives are happening almost entirely online. There’s a sudden need for new tools, as we see an increase in small groups finding innovative uses for pre-built technologies like social media and videoconferencing.
The Pandemic Age has given us a new set of priorities. We need advanced but easy-to-use technology now more than ever before.
Pre-virus trends that were slowly moving are suddenly accelerating and maturing:
- Once a “nice to have”, online shopping has rapidly become the default method of buying almost everything, even traditionally in-person…
