There is an informative article on the future of 3-D movies on the Internet today. If you’re interested in the future of entertainment, I’d encourage you to read it. But, from my perspective, here’s the operative sentence—which comes from Dreamworks CEO Jeffery Katzenberg: “It is nothing less than the greatest innovation that has happened for all of us in the movie business since the advent of color 70 years ago.”
I suspect that this might be true, but the movie theaters’ advantage will be short lived. Why? Because my guess is that just as many people have added an “entertainment room” to their homes over the past 10-15 years, many of these same people will soon begin remodelling their entertainment rooms in order to recreate the 3-D experience in the comfort of their own homes.
In addition to being a boon for builders and home remodelers, innovative video game manufacturers will also benefit from the trend by continuing to develop ever more immersive games which take advantage of these rooms.
Longer-term, the educational community will eventually realize the advantage of these rooms as well. For example, just imagine explaining to a young children how red blood cells flow through the body by taking them on a simulated ride through the human body.
It is just a matter of time before these things become commonplace. And, as further proof of our enhanced digital future, I submit this recent article from ComputerWorld which predicts that the amount of electronic data created and stored will grow 10 times in the next three years!
Jack Uldrich is a writer, futurist, public speaker and host of jumpthecurve.net. He is the author of seven books, including Jump the Curve and The Next Big Thing is Really Small: How Nanotechnology Will Change the Future of Your Business. He is also a frequent speaker on future technology and future trends, nanotechnology, innovation, change management and executive leadership to a variety of businesses, industries and non-profit organizations and trade associations.
