Predictions for 2016

Predictions for 2016
Number	2657
Broadcast Date	DECEMBER 31, 2015
Episode Length	55:23
Hosts	Tom Merritt
Guests	Veronica Belmont, Patrick Beja, Scott Johnson, Justin Robert Young, Darren Kitchen, Len Peralta

The DTNS team members make their best guesses at what will happen in tech in 2016.

Guest

• Veronica Belmont
  • Dear Veronica on Engadget
• Patrick Beja
  • Patrick's Patreon
• Scott Johnson
  • Frogpants
• Justin Robert Young
  • Night Attack
• Darren Kitchen
  • Hak5
• Len Peralta
  • All DTNS drawings

Predictions

VERONICA BELMONT PREDICTIONS

• VR industry fixes the motion sickness issue that keeps Veronica out of VR gaming.
• All the things people tried to do in Second Life will start happening in VR in 2016.
• Personal (smart) software bots will inhabit every platform and piece of software
• Someone will die on one of those "bullcrap" hoverboards (scott agrees)

PATRICK BEJA PREDICTIONS

• Facebook will launch VR chat app - will probably suck at first, people will not use it at first.
• (The Slack bubble will burst.) (Everyone else: Slack will rule the world.)
• There will be a serious instance of non-state sponsored cyber terrorism
• The Nintendo NX will launch before the end of 2016 and it will have Zelda as a launch title (double launching w/ Wii U) (Scott agrees)

SCOTT JOHNSON PREDICTIONS

• One day artists like Scott and Len will be able to draw in 3-D space, walk around drawings, paint with hands, create a virtual palette and canvas to work on and then hit a button and have it print, or be sent to client, or whatnot. Becomes a virtual maker space which is then translated in the real world.
• I believe that in the next year, Facebook will have some sort of search product that encourages people to stay, but also gives you information from the outside world. (FRAAAAAAAMES) (Veronica disagrees)
• Mad Max gets an Oscar nomination

DARREN KITCHEN PREDICTIONS

• We will see the emergence of not quite game, not quite movie entertainment products like "Star Trek holonovel" will also see the first ever IP lawsuit regarding VR - DMCA takedown, or somesuch.
• SpectacleFest will be cancelled
• NO VR from Apple in 2016
• DOT and FAA will accept recommendations of Task Force, will have a registration exception for 250 grams or 8.8 oz, until there's an "incident" with an unregistered drone centered around size and thrust.
• Export control will be put in place on Quantum encryption

JUSTIN ROBERT YOUNG PREDICTIONS

• Uber will lose their class action lawsuit, Uber's reaction will be to press more state legislators to pass laws in their favor. This will become a presidential election campaign promise to fight for the little guy.
• We will all be making VR Predictions next year because none of these will come true.
• Batman v. Superman will be considered the worst comic book movie of all time. (Sub 20 rotten tomatoes) and someone at Warner Bros will lose their job.

TOM MERRITT PREDICTIONS

• Virtual emojii's will happen
• There will be a Magic Leap development kit by the end of 2016.
• Some phone company markets their faster service as 5G even though it's probably carrier aggregation or LTE-U.

JENNIE HAS ONE TOO

• "Blank rooms" will start to be a feature of some homes - with only the monitor and the VR hardware, with blank walls for sensors and no other furniture. (Metric for success: NYT article)

LEN PREDICTIONS

• There's going to be a major cyber attack on a major city next year. (Transportation, communication, basic services)
• Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, & Justin Bieber will team up to do a Netflix special from the moon via Space X
• A certain artist who works on DTNS will have multiple games out for Steve Jackson

CONSENSUS PREDICTIONS

• VR lawsuit

Links

• This episode on dailytechnewsshow.com
• Support DTNS on Patreon
• DTNS subreddit

Preceded by: "DTNS 2656 - Predictions Results Show"

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