In today’s world, tech advancements happen on an everyday basis. This makes it a given that 2023 will bring a lot of new tech into our everyday lives. Some of these are refinements on current proposals, but there’s the potential for some game changers, too.
Here are some of the tech highlights for 2023, most of them with a high probability of happening.
More electric cars
Sure, Elon Musk and his CyberTruck have been ridiculed enough but the concept of electric cars is here to stay. In fact, not only Musk’s Tesla is predicting things will keep up for this type of vehicle.
Ford, General Motors, Audio, and others are already increasing their production of electric cars, as petrol-based cars are set to be banned in countries around the world in the not-too-distant future.
Better interactivity with virtual assistants
There’s a lot of buzz about new AI chatbots like ChatGPT. They go beyond your typical (and let’s admit it, infuriating) customer service chatbots. ChatGPT, for instance, can write poems, give meaningful, contextual answers and even help with errors when coding software.
This means chatbots might expand into other areas than customer assistance. They might become research assistants, providing instant information in an easier, more coherent way than a Google search would ever be able to.
New social media tech
Facebook has been the target of multiple controversies throughout the past few years. Twitter’s takeover by Musk also had its fair share of criticism, with Twitter users voting for him to step down. On the other side of the world, ByteDance revealed some security issues regarding employees obtaining data from users inappropriately.
All this creates the perfect scenario for newer social media experiences to take the lead, which is already happening with apps like Mastodon and BeReal. In the case of Mastodon, the huge amount of new users made their servers collapse a few times.
The big one: the Metaverse
Whereas 2023 most likely won’t be the year where the Metaverse gets fully integrated into our lives, it looks like the concept will be further refined and will gain a foothold.
To start with, there’s a big PR effort to make VR Goggles leave the “gaming” aspect in the collective consciousness, and become an everyday tool for meetings, visiting virtual locations, and more.
This is also paired with the concept of Augmented Reality, where tech would assist in myriad ways. For instance, you could look at a building with your AR lenses, and it’ll display information about the offices inside.
Changes in everyday life if this technology gains acceptance would be enormous. As Apple’s CEO Tim Cook said, people won’t be able to understand how to live without it.
A year of tech refinement
Tech predictions for 2023 look a bit underwhelming at first glance. Where are the flying cars, human-like robots, and more? It doesn’t look like 2023 will bring a lot of tech innovation relating to physical devices. However, social changes thanks to the aforementioned items, can become important.
Of course, these are just predictions based on known information. Nobody knows if a surprising, groundbreaking tech isn’t around the corner, waiting to be released.
