@bentossell I'm a Research Specialist at the MIT Media Lab so I encounter a lot of cool technology ideas through my work and from the community of researchers I work with. Once I get to 5 interesting research ideas, I publish a newsletter!
Big trends: Besides AI and AR/VR, I'm particularly excited about context-aware applications. I would love to see more applications like Google Now grow to understand more and more about users by being able to track habits and anticipate needs using passive sensing techniques.
Big Appearance: I'm surprised that AR/VR has taken off like it has. We've had AR/VR in the research world for quite some time. It's amazing how it has suddenly taken off (magic leap, oculus, etc). Although the devices that are out there now are great, I think we can do MUCH better regrading resolution and latency
Thanks @shaanvp ! I work at the MIT Media Lab where I encounter a lot of amazing research tech. The goal of Fives is to bridge the research and consumer tech world to show off interesting ideas that many people may not have seen or heard of before. We don't operate on a regular schedule. Instead, we just release an issue when we think we have 5 great things to share. You can check out past issues here: http://archive.getfives.com
Happy to answer any questions!
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