On 2/12/2013 17:14, Jessica Hamilton wrote:
When we have wireless displays which have speakers and input
(touch, most likely, possibly with a physical keyboard connected
by wireless or USB to the display)
You realise Intel Wireless Display is already an out-there technology,
enabled on 3rd Gen Intel Core CPUs, and implemented in TVs available
in stores, as well as support in some newer Android devices.
Yes, but it will be a long time before wireless displays are mainstream and affordable enough to make sense using that in place of a cheap computer and a cheap wire ;-)
We also need hardware which will allow multiple displays, input, and sound output... so it is not quite there - though it is entirely feasible to build and design it today, standardization and availability will remain problematic for a long time to come.
When the price barrier is beat corporations and schools will likely be the first to adopt it, with a computer lab having one or two powerful computers but ten or fifteen interfaces each... and then wireless isn't necessarily the winning formula - just one that will cause the growth in the home. A business is less worried about having wires running around unless those wires are expensive. Few people want their homes littered with wires... and fewer still want to go through the hassle of adding new wiring to old structures.
Many dynamics at play ;-) --The loon
