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The home stadium coming to an armchair near you!
August 3rd, 2012 Guy Lidbetter Posted in Olympic Games, Strategy & Innovation, Technology, Trends |
As the smart phone has conquered all before it, with the iPhone in the vanguard of desirable devices people want rather than necessarily need, we find ourselves in an ever more connected world. Email is yesterday’s medium and people now connect directly with each other using chat services and social networks from their phones, wherever they happen to be.
The internet of things is also just around the corner in which just about everything you can think of will be connected – not just your phone but your car, your bike, your fridge, even your clothes! Data is exploding and deriving value from all of these data connections will become the key.
Imagine watching a football match on TV that is in fully immersive 3D, for example: you’re watching from within the game, at an angle of your choosing; even the player is fully connected so you can measure the distance run, location on the pitch and passes made, all in real time; and it’s all connected up to your social network.
It will be a completely interactive experience. In 10 years from now, the way we consume major events, whether at the venue or remotely, will be like comparing the widescreen HDTV experience of today with black and white TV in the 1960s.
In the 80s my middle aged parents were baffled by setting a video machine so I bought them something called Video Plus, which enabled them to type in a simple number to set the recording, but they couldn’t operate that either. Whether we like it or not, we are in an age of unrelenting change that continues to shape our day-to-day lives. I look forward to it, not in trepidation but anticipation.
Now, where did I leave that newspaper?
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Guy Lidbetter
With more than 25 years experience in the IT industry, Guy is responsible for setting Technical and Innovation Strategy across the IT infrastructure stack for Atos Global Managed Services, increasingly to cloud based as well as traditionally outsourced IT services. Previously, Guy has held numerous technical and management positions in Sema Group, SchlumbergerSema and Atos Origin. Guy is also a founder member of the Atos Scientific Community, having been Track Leader for Context Aware Computing and now Chairman of the editorial board for the latest Scientific Community research - Journey 2016. Married for 21 years, Guy has a son, of 18 and twin daughters of 16. He has a passion for sport, in particular Chelsea Football Club, baseball’s Atlanta Braves, rugby union, cricket and golf. He also plays football and golf and more leisurely pursuits include photography, reading, music and attempting cryptic crosswords with varying success.
