Changes in the technology sector brought by Corona to continue

It's been the epidemic that has hit the world for several months now. With The large number of casualties The world has had to change its usual way of life in every corner of the earth. Most aspects of life were affected, such as businesses, the way they were run, and industries. Some lost their jobs and forced others to work from home, while some needed to go to work. With all these changes, of course technology sectors have been affected in a disproportionate way, and study is encouraged. Do you see what were the effects of Corona on the sector? Are some of these effects here to stay?

Major exhibitions

No treatment or vaccine has yet been found for the virus. He does not believe that anything will be available to everyone in the near term. So many major conferences and exhibitions were canceled. But the best example of what those exhibitions can do is the CES exhibition at the beginning of the year that was held and is believed to have been the cause of a significant spread of the virus in the United States and around the world. As the conference is attended by journalists and visitors from around the world to jostle and touch the same devices together for several days. There was already a metaphor for the so-called CES flu among the people. As many visitors usually get sick. So what about with a highly contagious disease like Corona?

The strange thing is the organizers ’statement that the conference will be held on schedule next year. This statement has been met with severe criticism because we do not yet know whether public safety will allow it or not. But these criticisms and the risk of disease are evidence that exhibitions like this must be rethought.

Technical conferences and announcements

Of course, none of the major companies has been able to conduct their annual conferences to present products or even train developers in the case of Apple as usual. But the companies continued to advertise the products. As it happened with The new version of the iPhone SE. It was announced with a press release only and sent to journalists and professionals Reviews on YouTube. Indeed, the mention of the phone has spread, filling technology sites and social media. In other words, the goal of massive advertisements that were previously aimed at attracting attention was achieved in a safer and more money-saving way.

And here we have watched the largest Apple conferences of the year and perhaps the largest in the field of programmers and systems around the world, WWDC Conference. Apple held the entire conference on the Internet, and many viewers praised the cinematography of the conference, whether the introduction that reviewed the regulations -this linkOr developer training courses; Here comes the question! What prevents Apple from repeating it in the coming years? Apple's primary goal is to increase the number of efficient developers for its systems, and this form of conferences certainly achieves the required.

Of course, there is a problem related to the aspect of dazzling, as the actual conference in Apple Park attracts undisputed attention to the beauty of the place, the presentation, or the enthusiasm of the audience that moves through the cameras. But what we saw this year, although it was the first experience, but it was promising.

Speed ​​up virtual reality technologies

Not so long ago, Apple acquired a company NextVR Virtual Reality. A lot has been talked about the news in the context that it is known that Apple wants to develop its own augmented reality systems and intends to release a device (such as the rumored glasses), etc. But what is interesting here is what the company specializes in. As it is not specialized in augmented reality that Apple has been working on for years, it is specialized in virtual reality. Specifically, a technology that allows the filming and transfer of live events such as sports matches, conferences, and the like to virtual reality glasses such as Oculus and the like. With this, you can see the whole event from home and up close as if you were inside the halls.

We do not know exactly what Apple wanted with this technology, but the acceleration of the development of technology like this could open the horizons for a new type of public events and technology conferences in general. Millions of people turn up in the Apple Garden building, but virtually from their homes. And it may spread and become included in the TV and Internet services provided by many service provider companies such as elife in the Emirates and others. And it becomes possible for many to watch the matches as if they were on the stadium.

Wonderful isn't it?

Work from home

This crisis also shed light on things we used to take for granted. Like having to go to offices to work. Especially with those jobs that only require sitting in front of a computer screen. So the big tech companies were able to hold on to things, and Twitter or YouTube did not suddenly collapse as a result of the office closures.

This raises the question, are the offices and headquarters of large and expensive companies really important as we thought? Perhaps it is good for mingling with colleagues and the like. But the choice of working from home has now brightened as a real possibility. And it may be adopted by many companies working in the field of technology, accounting, etc.

Indeed, Twitter has already decided to allow its employees to work from home even after the end of the Corona pandemic, if they want.

So you may find your next job gives you the option to work from home or even obliges you to do it in order to save expenses after they make sure that the system has proven its validity.

Medicine through the Internet

Yeah. Even the medical interviews have been rethought. Because of the current situation, it became difficult for patients to go to hospitals and clinics for regular follow-up because of the risk of infection. Therefore, the telemedicine system which was present but not as widespread was expanded. Major institutions have come to rely on him to make the visits that do not need to be physically examined from afar. And through the screens.

Also, this experience may show us that not all “visits” to a doctor have to be in the clinic. Rather, it is possible to shorten the duration of the interview and not significantly disturb your day to go to a routine interview in which the doctor asks some questions and may change a little only in the prescribed medication. This could, of course, start a new market for Telemedicine devices in doctors ’offices that major companies are racing to develop.

Summary? It is an opportunity.

The current crisis may have emptied many of our lives. Our business, with our plans, disrupted the projects of many and more. But we must not dwell on the negatives of fate. Nature had begun with a recovery it needed after the absence of man. Many of us also bond better with our family or learn new skills. One of the advantages is that all these changes provide an opportunity for us to reconsider several things.

Like a world system that has not changed for a while. We might change the way we receive technology or rethink the way we introduce new products to the market. We might rethink economic systems and maybe renew our way of working or go to the doctor. These opportunities do not come always, so we must seize them whenever they do.

Sources:

The Verge | with the BBC