- Facebook will be the first to market with a consumer friendly successful AR device. But Apple and Google will be more successful, due to their tie in with mobile operating systems. First successful consumer AR headsets will be phone accessories like Apple Watch - AR gaming, maybe connected to Desktop PCs, will be successful once a company makes a AR headset with good input (allowing for BeatSaber in AR)
- VR/AR entertainment will be larger than game console industry. Mobile games still massively larger than all others. - Console industry and PlayStation/Xbox devices will decline, as anything single screen based can be streamed for the same experience - Google will continue to develop and invest in Stadia, slowly increasing its market share
- Valve will finally make 'Steam Machines' running Linux a reality, selling them as primarily for VR (with included headset).
- WebAssembly becomes the main way to deliver all apps - native and browser based. Because of this difference between operating systems becomes less important. Google transitions Android to Fuchsia on some new devices - Rust will continue to continue to rise in popularity as the main language for systems / server / game development
- SpaceX's Starlink works, helping to bring total internet access of the world up to 95%. Other LEO satellites launch mid decade from an alliance of companies to compete. SpaceX's Starship reaches Mars - might transport people depending on space's health risk to humans - Starlink /Loon / Wifi access disrupt mobile carriers
- Man made climate change will still be debated the same - with minor change in public perception towards believing in it. Geoengineering will have some success and be seen as a viable solution at the end of the decade
Cryptocurrency will be a larger component of the world financial systems, but will still not take off in any way with the general public. Still a niche store of value. By the end of the decade decentralized block chain companies will begin to take off
Instagram will make more revenue for Facebook than the Facebook app
Driverless taxi services are mainstream in major cities by the end of decade
Cloud: AWS will remain 1, Azure 2, Google a more distant 3rd.
Deep learning tools will be a more common part of IDEs and productivity tools. Accessible Deep learning tools for amateur creators to create visual effects equal to blockbuster movies. Tech like 'De-aging' will be basically free to add to any video
Europe continues to decline. China has a major recession. The US stays at its relative position
AI is solving difficult problems (such as math proofs), with humans then needing to interpret and understand the proof afterwards (many different published papers interpreting the results)