Ever Wonder What The World Will Be Like In 10 Years?
Monday March 02nd 2009, 7:36 am
Filed under: media & marketing, video

yea dude, me too. the people at microsoft office labs obviously have been reading my brain while i sleep at night (yeah, i said it. you thought dreams were just some random stuff? think again.), and created a 5-minute video of life in the year 2019. i won’t spoil it or anything, but i’ll tell you now, this will be the coolest thing you’ve seen all day.

[flv:http://istartedsomething.com/uploads/msofficelabs2019.flv 480 360]

mind blowing. what was your favorite part of the video!? you gotta hit the comments section and let me know.

truthfully, this looks more like the year 2059 if anything, but i like microsoft’s optimism. let me remind you that one of the greatest films ever created, back to the future: II,  portrayed a retro-futuristic 2015, 30 years ahead of the movie’s 1985 setting. now it’s ‘09, only six years away from when BTTFII took place, and we aren’t even close to that progress. we ain’t got no flying cars, hoverboards…we ain’t even got power laces yet.


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I think it won’t be ten years but you never know. Writing on your windows at work would be insane.

Comment by Boston Knucklehead 03.02.09 @ 5:40 am

Nike took 19 or so years to release a variation of the Air Mcfly’s w/o power laces. With that said, I’m going to give this “prediction” a 29 year release date. I’ve tacked on 10 additional years because this is coming from Microsoft. Had it been Apple, I’d stick with the 19 year plan LOL.

I’m waiting patiently for my hover board but until then, this will have to suffice…
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Top-Gear-Toyota-Chair_199770.htm

Comment by reading 03.02.09 @ 7:16 am

So, the world will be dominated by touch screens. I’m grabbing my shares in Windex as we speak.

All that’s missing from this vision are three bald psychics who can predict whether you’ll murder someone in the future or not.

Comment by B-Double 03.02.09 @ 9:50 am

Once again, I am in awe of what the human mind is capable of.

Comment by Diana 03.02.09 @ 11:13 am

the phone is definitely the best part.

Comment by MM 03.02.09 @ 2:32 pm

this is amazing!

i think some things shown here are just one invention away from becoming real. and with the speed of technological advance today (although it WILL slow down cuz of the crisis) I doubt it’s gon take 50 years. 10-20 max for what they showed there, so I agree with their prediction.

and judging by the common idea & even color scheme that binds all these new things in the vid, I think Microsoft might have some new shit in sotre for us in the years comng. if it all doesn’t collapse in 2012 LOL

Comment by Finanshall 03.02.09 @ 2:58 pm

i think that the phone was the coolest thing but the coffee cup and the newspaper were pretty cool too. i can definitely see something like this in the next 10-15 years. just look how far we have come in the past 10 years.

Comment by John Q 03.02.09 @ 3:07 pm

“All that’s missing from this vision are three bald psychics who can predict whether you’ll murder someone in the future or not.”

LOL that was great.

Comment by modi 03.02.09 @ 3:14 pm

Hmmm…I say that we don’t have this shit so soon…And if anything, Japan, which runs shit, will have it first…Technology like that means everything has to be compatible with each other…Accessibility plays a big factor, and security plays another big factor…To be honest, I aint even trying to mess with all that right now..I’m still in awe of the iPod touch..haha…

But the best thing was the power usage for the house…Saving energy like that means saving money…I’m down with it…

Comment by Ricky 03.02.09 @ 3:58 pm

wow!!!!!!

like the best part was the guy in the office pciking the file up off the screen, and puting it on the flat peice of glass on the table!!

and what the “outside” would look like, nothing but tall buildings!!!

I remember watching those Disney Channel movies like “Zenon, girl from the 21st Century,” and there were scenes showing people video chating online, with just a small camera. I thoguht to myself, wow like thats decent!!! now, i do it everydayy….

Comment by mel 03.04.09 @ 12:16 am

The phone, the newspaper and the clear glass computer monitor were all pretty cool. Why couldn’tt this be 10 years from now. I mean, if someone had showed you an iphone, which uses a basic form of this technology right now, 10 years ago, you wouldn’t have believed that either.

Comment by ian 03.06.09 @ 12:47 am

its a recession, dudes arent even gonna jobs in 5 years. how the fuck are we gonna buy a magic touch screen newspaper?!

Comment by TEAMROCKET 03.06.09 @ 10:59 pm

I dnt think it mite be in 10yrs…….but it is gonna happen in 3 years……….that is on 21st of december 2012

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