Ready or not, the arts sector is set to be swarmed by new and personal forms of tech, says Ben Rossi. How will that change its work?
The buzz around wearable tech just keeps getting louder. Forecasters estimate we will see adoption at an annual compound rate of 35% over the next five years, with anywhere from 148 million to 200 million units shipped by 2019.
So what does that mean for the arts? A recent study by Carnegie Mellon University in the US looked at how wearables are being used by the creative industries now, and considers how they’re likely to be used in the not-too-distant future.
The buzz around wearable tech just keeps getting louder. Forecasters estimate we will see adoption at an annual compound rate of 35% over the next five years, with anywhere from 148 million to 200 million units shipped by 2019.
So what does that mean for the arts? A recent study by Carnegie Mellon University in the US looked at how wearables are being used by the creative industries now, and considers how they’re likely to be used in the not-too-distant future.
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