4 Future Application Scenarios
The predicted technology trends described above have great impact on consumers and businesses
in several application fields. Broadband networking enables applications to be performed independent from the location. Teleworking, teleeducation, telemedicine, and teleshopping are some examples. More powerful processors, advances in software and virtual reality improve business processes as well as everyday life. To illustrate the effects on the different application fields of information technology, we will present four case studies in the following and relate them to the methods applied for predicting them.