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How (and why) wireless display technology is changing the world.

05 March 2021, Ridderkerk

Changing the world? Really? It’s a big claim, but hear us out. The emergence of wireless display technology is really a product of other technology trends and market forces colliding, and it has the potential to result in the more natural integration of our technology into our work and interpersonal lives.

Mobile computing in the form of smartphones and tablets is here to stay, and the ‘Internet of things’ phenomenon is well established and quickly expanding. A growing number of devices are Internet-connected, including the appliances in our homes and the cars we drive. These two trends are driving the need for and continued development of wireless display technology.

Spending hours per day on our smartphones and tablets has made us experts at using our personal mobile devices as information resources. So employing those devices and skills in the service of meeting-room and classrooms productivity is an easy if not natural progression. What better way to do so than to transform those existing in-room displays into network-enabled collaboration hotspots that can be easily accessed from all those laptops and mobile devices?

With computers now in (nearly) every pocket, we’ve become a culture of perpetual engagement. As a result, the traditional broadcast paradigm of displays supporting only a one-directional flow of information has become antiquated. It has been replaced by the paradigm of the wireless display that is accessible and shared by multiple people for a more interactive and engaging experience.

Beyond productivity and entertainment, we see the potential for an interesting second-order effect on a social level as a result of wireless displays. Remember with the adoption of smartphones it seemed like everyone was always looking down at their phone screens instead of looking at the person right in front of them? We believe wireless display technology can bring mobile computing full circle by enabling users to naturally engage with their devices AND the person(s) in front of them at the same time via a shared wireless display. People likely aren’t going to stop using their mobile devices, even when out with one another in public. But we believe wireless display technology can expand the use of mobile devices from solely isolated, private experiences to inform and enrich our shared, social experiences as well.

How will wireless display technology continue to evolve? Only time will tell, but here at Mersive we believe it’s changing the way we meet, collaborate, and relate with one another and our devices. Welcome to a world without wires.

Solstice from Mersive enables wireless content sharing. Want to know more about the Mersive solution? Please contact us.

Read the complete blog article on the Mersive website.