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They’re known for their smartphones and tablets, but Samsung has been making big strides in the internet of things space in recent times.
The acquisition of tech company Smart Things has seen an increased emphasis on devices that can communicate with each other and form part of a smart home.
Now the firm has been using this knowledge to go a little further, and imagine what the office of the future could look like.
It forms part of the Samsung Smarter Futures report, and this first section is all about work life. It has been put together in partnership with forecasting experts The Future Laboratory, as well as industry thinkers from Google and IBM among others to come up with a portrait of what the office of 2025 might look like.
The report suggests that in the future we will work in ‘creative villages’, with the traditional office becoming a smart environment that is designed to make staff more productive. Samsung say they believe it will end the trend of wanting to work remotely.
But going mobile will be easier than ever at the same time, with better tech out of the office meaning it will also be quicker to get in contact with others when on the move.
The other big advance will be the increasing presence of smart screens, with Samsung predicting that in the future screens will be everywhere – including built into tables, but will remain invisible until we need them – activated by gesture or voice.
However the report also warns that in order to harness the full potential of all this technology, a lot of us have to overcome a “reluctance to modernise”, particularly among business leaders.
Samsung UK and Ireland president Andy Griffiths said: “This Samsung Smarter Futures report provides clear scenarios whereby smart technology in the future will improve daily working lives. It shows exciting possibilities for how technology can maximise creativity, productivity and staff happiness.
“Whilst this report looks at the future, adopting smart technology has huge economic potential for the UK economy and individual businesses today. The only thing standing in the way of adoption of this technology is business leaders that are yet to realise the potential benefits it can bring. Smart technology is the future; it’s happening now and those who fail to make the most of this may well not survive into the next decade.”
So now is the time to bug your boss about upgrading the company PCs from Windows Vista.
