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Originally Posted by Penforhire
The future just about has to belong to either virtual heads-up displays (glasses or projection direct onto the eye) or else direct brain stimulation (implant, mental waves, or whatever). Sure, I could be wrong but those two make the most sense to me.
Why dedicate hardware surfaces for something that can be miniaturized or discarded?
If we get enough network bandwidth installed across enough geography I also think we'll head back toward the 'dumb terminal' approach of yesteryear. Almost all the processing and storage will be remote (e.g. cloud computing). It gives content providers the most control and does have some advantages in terms of rolling out forced updates. Devices will become tasked with only display, network connection, and short term memory functions.
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Yeah, but I'm more interested in what will happen in the next 50 years.
