It’s our seasonal finale where we review our predictions for the year and review what happened. There’s a lot packed into the 45 minute show (the prediction show, #275, was 3 hours!) Each of the predictions are captured below.
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2017 Predictions
Personal
- James: No new computer, Matthew yes
- Matthew will move
- No new job for Matthew
- James will not have a new job
- Matthew will get a 3d printer
- Jack dies of natural causes
- James, won’t buy a Tesla, will buy a van.
Machine Learning:
- Machine learning will be the theme of 2017
- Machine vision services will be huge
- AI is the buzzword of the year. Machine learning will be huge. Companies with lots of data will be the winners
- The companies with the best data will be the most successful
Apple:
- Matthew: iMac pro, no Mac Pro or Mac mini
- James: spec bump
- Get rid of MacBook air
- 10th anniversary iPhone:
- New body
- Changed name
- Truly wireless power
- Dual camera on everything
- Push forward with AI
- Some more AR features
- No OLED
- Rounded edge with new screen more likely than wireless charging
- iPad, spec boost, not force touch
- Apple TV, 4K, James no 4k, because it’s not available in iTunes
- James: Apple Home
- Apple won’t disrupt themselves in the home
- Matthew & james, no hardware Apple Watch update. Maybe new material. No 3g
- iOS X (as a joke) no big software, just superficial changes
- Augmented reality through the iPhone
- Apple will repatriate a bunch of cash
Google:
- Google will have more messaging apps by 2018, james says consolidation
- Duo
- Allo
- Hangouts
- Text messaging
- Gmail
- New pixel phone
- Better upgrades to assistant
- New home device
- Project Tango Phones will increase
- VR will play second fiddle to AR, long term
- Nest refreshes a product or two
Waymo:
- James, First Waymo car will be sold 2019
- Waymo partnerships
- A wide scale demonstration of Waymo tech
Facebook:
- VR, social VR platform is the priority, focus on expressiveness
- Messaging
- AI
- More hardware
- Crushing snapchats hopes and dreams
- Sony will come out with peripherals for VR
Microsoft:
- Expand FPGA farms
- Start shipping hololens
- Windows VR hardware partners
- New surface computers
- No more dump “this is the future” videos
Amazon:
- James will be a Prime member
- Hardware update
- Need help with skills, won’t fix it
Snapchat:
- Snapchat will IPO
- James, Spectacles will become generally available, no new hardware
- Matthew, snapchat will have new hardware.
Others:
- James, Uber CEO will hang around, won’t IPO, no pivot, take down Lyft, just gotta survive the year
- Tesla, model 3 will overwhelm them this year
- How many Rocky’s will SpaceX blow up? 1
- Twitter just needs to not fail
- Yahoo will die this year, james: they’ll get bought by Verizon. Matthew, a real disaster could happen.
- Samsung: no exploding phones this year
- James: Nintendo Switch will be middling, PS4 pro will be the best seller
- Drones, won’t have much