Microsoft Future Vision Montage 2009

Microsoft’s Office Labs has released a series of “envisioning videos”, containing a forward vision of how emerging technologies, evolving trends, and global change might come together to transform how we live and work in the not-too-distant future.  The technology behind most of what you see is already existing, so this isn’t much of a stretch!


Future Vision Montage 2009 from Microsoft

This 2-minute clip is taken from a somewhat longer video that was released in the spring of 2009.  That video pulled together scenes from videos produced over the previous 5 years.  The resulting montage illustrates concepts for how leading edge technologies might be used in real world settings – such as health care, manufacturing, banking and retail – over the next 5-10 years. To see the full series, check out Microsoft Office Labs’ Envisioning Project.

Better yet, to download and try for yourself some very cool concepts and prototypes, check out their Concept Tests and Grassroots Projects.