In this article, we look at how technology will change the way presentations are delivered and created, covering technology trends such as augmented reality and embedded 3D models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Current presentation technology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n1. HTML5 presentations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
With HTML5<\/a>, you can build presentations without paid software such as PowerPoint and Keynote. HTML5 is very flexible and feature filled, allowing you to build beautiful presentations with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although HTML5 requires some coding knowledge, companies and educational organizations have begun adopting this method of presentation creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n HTML5 frameworks, software and editors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Designers can now create life-like objects and a customized visual environment with virtual reality and augmented reality, which audiences can interact with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This would allow people watching the presentation remotely (e.g. during a keynote) to actually interact with the presentation by, for example, putting on a VR headset and being teleported inside the simulation which is being talked about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Product demos can be the heart of a presentation. Many of the largest and best-known presentations included a demo (iPhone, Microsoft Surface Pro, iPad, Google Glass, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n With improved streaming capabilities, demos are becoming more popular, with the presenter usually streaming the device screen to a larger projector so the audience can see what the presenter is doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Presentations nowadays adopt a conversational and interactive approach, instead of the audience just listening to the presenter for an hour. Often, the presenter will ask questions of the audience and encourage them to get involved in the presentation, leading to higher knowledge retention rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are some ways to increase audience interaction<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n An example of live polling during a presentation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Animations can make dull presentations more visual and interesting. In addition, cinemographs (still photographs in which a minor and repeated movement occurs, forming a video clip) can captivate the audience\u2019s attention, making them particularly popular in blog articles in the form of animated GIFs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n High-quality graphics with attention-grabbing photos, typography and fonts are being used to facilitate audience attention and immerse the user in the presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warm, rich, and modern colors should be used to influence and manipulate audience emotions and psychology. Newer color trends promote the improvement of audience engagement, such that colors used should invoke the chosen emotion the presenter wants to invoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For some time now, augmented reality has been used in presentations<\/a>. As AR headsets improve in quality and reduce in price, we\u2019ll see them being utilized much more in presentations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Augmented reality can make static images and data come alive with animations and graphics. AR allows your audience to explore data, locations, stories and much more in a realistic way, putting them inside the story and presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Imagine a product design presentation to the directors of a company. Augmented reality allows the directors to visualize the product in the meeting room with them, where they can interact with it as they would the real product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One limitation with this, particularly at large conferences, is that every audience member would require an AR headset \u2013 which currently cost several thousand dollars. The price will reduce in the future but currently this is a key limitation of the technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With over 100 million virtual reality users in 2018<\/a>, virtual reality (VR) has become a popular way to enhance people\u2019s digital experience. Initially used for gaming, VR is expanding out into the training, collaboration and presentation sectors, where the audience can be teleported to a virtual world \u2013 an amazing way to tell immersive stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Studies have shown that visualizing a situation increases memory retention. In this way, VR will help audience members retain what is being told<\/a>, leaving them with a truly memorable experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
2. Simulations and immersive technology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
3. Product demos<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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4. Improved engagement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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6. Colors to evoke emotions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Future presentation technology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
1. Augmented reality \u2013 enhance the world around you<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n2. Virtual reality \u2013 teleport to a new virtual world<\/h3>\n\n\n\n