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WHAT WILL
LIFE BE LIKE
IN 2020?
The past decade brought
us iPods, Google maps, Botox and
Facebook. Stylist finds out
what will happen in the future
s the new decade
takes hold, it’s the
A time to pause a minute
to reflect on how
different life was
10 years ago. In January 2000 we
were celebrating surviving the
Millennium Bug and were happily
doing Cindy Crawford’s exercise
video while listening to All Saints
on CD players. Little did we know
that soon people would be
injecting botulism into their faces
or revealing photo collections on
Facebook. And tweets? Well, they
just reminded us of little birds.
Fast-forward to 2010 and
our world sounded practically
prehistoric. So what should we
expect of the next decade? A team
of futurologists holds the answers.
DATING
You’ll swap mingling in wine bars for
more efficient virtual dating
Boy meets girl is as old as time, but
futurologist Ian Pearson (futurizon.
com) sees serious changes in the
way we hook up in the next decade.
“Augmented reality”, will soon be
a term that slips off the tongue for
everyone. It describes revolutionary
technology which merges the
physical “real-world” environment
with virtual computer-generated
reality. It’s set to transform
everything, including the way we
date. “As you walk around town,
you’ll wear glasses that generate
computer images in front of you.
You’ll be able to change what the
street looks like, what the buildings
look like. A touch of a button will
reveal the restaurants, hotels and
bars in the nearby area in 3D
vision,” says Pearson.
If you are happily coupled
up, all men will simply appear as
objects for you to avoid bumping
into, but if you are single you’ll be
alerted to all the available men.
Better still, awkward ice breakers
will become a thing of the past.
Both your ‘Ego Badges’ will
broadcast Facebook information
into the air, and the computer chips
will work out if you are compatible.
“Before you have even clapped
eyes on each other, your computers
will know if he is the man of your
dreams and decide to introduce
you both. He notices you, you
notice him, your data has been
checked and as you are both free
you will instantly have a date for
Friday evening.” Amazing.
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