While the predictions in Minority Report took more than a decade to become almost-reality, the technology in Her is already with us and beginning to reach into the lives of everyday people, not just those basking in the Hollywood Hills or the gated mansions of Silicon Valley.
Voice-activation is here now, be it the voice of Siri on an iPhone or the ability to send text messages in a car while talking and driving. The upcoming 12 months will see a raft of voice-activation products moving into the mainstream.
While it was once unusual to see people talking to themselves in the street 20 years ago, the ubiquity of mobile phones means it is now unusual not to see people talking to themselves in the street.
So it will be with people talking to their internet TV and their cars... and that TV or vehicle being able to store, remember and even suggest the viewer’s preferences before the viewer has even thought about it. This is the end of the remote control as we know it; it will be a revolution.
