In other words, there’s going to be a lot of chatter about the metaverse and virtual (augmented, mixed, whatever-you-want-dorky-looking) goggles in 2023, but it still most likely won’t be the year these headsets become hugely popular. said Carolina Milanesi, a consumer technology analyst for the research firm Creative Strategies.
“From a consumer point of view, it’s still very uncertain what you spend your thousand dollars on when you buy a headset,” she said. “Should I do a meeting with VR? With or without legs, it is not necessary.”
3. Electric cars beyond Tesla
Tesla continued to dominate EV sales this year, but 2023 could prove to be a turning point for the industry. Tesla’s shares have plummeted this year, and the brand has taken a beating since Musk’s takeover of Twitter. At the same time, competition in the market is increasing as EV manufacturers such as Ford Motor, Kia, General Motors, Audi and Rivian ramp up production of their electric cars.
Also, in November, Tesla said it would open up the charging connector design to other electric cars. That would allow drivers of other types of cars to top up their batteries at Tesla’s charging stations, which are much more productive than other types of chargers.
In addition, both California and New York have taken steps to ban the sale of gas-powered cars by 2035. All this adds up to a perfect storm for the electric car industry to become much bigger than one brand by 2023.
4. More social media options
Twitter was in chaos for much of 2022, and will likely remain so for the next year. In response to the backlash, Mr. Musk this month asked his followers on Twitter in a “poll” whether he should step down as leader of the company. A majority, about 10 million users, voted yes, but Mr Musk said he would not step down until he found someone “foolish enough to take the job”.
TikTok is also in trouble after ByteDance, its Chinese parent company, found an internal investigation that employees improperly obtained the data of American users, including that of two journalists. The revelation pressures the Biden administration to consider more extreme restrictions on the app in the United States.
