Introduction of books available online,
Internet translation of languages and voice recognition for computers all happened
much faster than anyone could foresee and that technological research into even
more previously unheard of advances is progressing at a fast speed.

    "People
who predict that holograms(全息图) and self-driving cars will become reality soon are absolutely right,"
Schmidt told thousands of attendees. Research underway will lead to situations where
people can put themselves at events like a rock concert so that they can see, hear
and even feel the event. And turn down the volume, if it's too loud.

    One
attendee said she was scared that the possibility could be dehumanizing, but Schmidt
replied by holding up his cellphone into the air. "It has an off button and
it is here on the right," Schmidt said. "My point is that it is all about
your control. If you don't like my version of a rock concert, I'm not forcing you
to go. In the future, small robots could be used, so busy people can send them to
events for video and voice transmissions when their presence isn't required,"
Schmidt said.