This document discusses 3 future oriented tech trends for libraries to leverage in 2014: 1) Wearable technologies like Google Glass and smart watches which allow access to information on the go; 2) Virtual reality platforms like Oculus Rift which could enable new social experiences; and 3) The Internet of Things with technologies like smart buildings and cars that connect physical objects to the internet and each other to share data.

1. 3 Future Oriented Tech Trends
to Leverage This Year
Joe Murphy @libraryfuture
Director, Library Futures
CyberTour #CILDC Computers in Libraries 2014

2. http://www.android.com/wear/
Wearable Technologies
@libraryfuture
… get an operating system

3. Wearable Technology - Google Glass
From palm to face
@libraryfuture

4. http://www.oculusvr.com/
Virtual Reality as social platform?

5. @libraryfuture

6. http://www.gravitech.us/liarmabo.html
The Arduino LilyPad by
GraviTech is meant as a
buildable wearable.

7. Mobile Messaging
Not new but there is lots new

8. WhatsApp
Why its acquisition by Facebook matters
to libraries
@libraryfuture

9. Snapchat – More than Sexting
Impermanence
Primacy of privacy
Photo as conversation

10. From social video to messaging.
From 1 to group - to 1 to peer
Vine adds
messaging to insert
conversation into
the micro
messaging service

11. iMessage and
ecosystem specific
communication

12. No longer the
innovator.
But still reflective of
others’ trends

13. Jelly
Q/A + Image based info + social answers

14. Microsoft joins Apple’s Siri for voice based mobile search

15. smart cars – smart buildings
the internet of all the things

16. #4for14 @libraryfuture
A Nest for
Google
The Internet of Everything
More than just our devices are data points
- The Internet of Things is about to
explode in libraries
Smart …
Buildings
Cars
https://nest.com/

17. Weibo …
iBeacon and the mobile physical environment

18. One more thing …

19. @libraryfuture
… Drones …

20. Drones + ecommerce + content
@libraryfuture

21. Bitcoin ATM
A hint of
innovation in a
field ripe for
disruption

23. Library as Future
Joe Murphy
@libraryfuture
Libraryfuture.com
libraryfuture@gmail.com
Art by Tara Radniecki