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Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2012
31 July 2012
 
Hung LeHong   Jackie Fenn  

This Hype Cycle brings together the most significant technologies from across Gartner's research areas. It provides insight into emerging technologies that have broad, cross-industry relevance, and are transformational and high impact in potential.





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Table of Contents

Contents
  • Analysis
    • What You Need to Know
    • The Hype Cycle
      • Any Channel, Any Device, Anywhere — Bring Your Own Everything
      • Smarter Things
      • Big Data and Global-Scale Computing at Small Prices
      • The Human Way to Interact With Technology
      • What Payment Could Really Become
      • The Voice of the Customer Is on File
      • 3D Print It at Home
      • New on the 2012 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies
      • Fast Movers
      • Other Changes From 2011
    • The Priority Matrix
    • Off the Hype Cycle
    • On the Rise
      • Human Augmentation
      • Quantum Computing
      • 3D Bioprinting
      • Volumetric and Holographic Displays
      • Automatic Content Recognition
      • 3D Scanners
      • Autonomous Vehicles
      • Mobile Robots
      • Internet of Things
    • At the Peak
      • Natural-Language Question Answering
      • Silicon Anode Batteries
      • Speech-to-Speech Translation
      • Crowdsourcing
      • Big Data
      • Gamification
      • HTML5
      • Hybrid Cloud Computing
      • Wireless Power
      • 3D Printing
      • BYOD
      • Complex-Event Processing
      • Social Analytics
      • Private Cloud Computing
      • Application Stores
      • Augmented Reality
      • In-Memory Database Management Systems
      • Activity Streams
      • NFC Payment
    • Sliding Into the Trough
      • Internet TV
      • Audio Mining/Speech Analytics
      • NFC
      • Cloud Computing
      • Machine-to-Machine Communication Services
      • Mesh Networks: Sensor
      • Gesture Control
      • In-Memory Analytics
      • Text Analytics
      • Home Health Monitoring
      • Hosted Virtual Desktops
      • Virtual Worlds
      • Mobile OTA Payment
    • Climbing the Slope
      • Media Tablets
      • Consumerization
      • Biometric Authentication Methods
      • Idea Management
      • Consumer Telematics
      • Speech Recognition
    • Entering the Plateau
      • Predictive Analytics
    • Appendixes
      • Hype Cycle Phases, Benefit Ratings and Maturity Levels
  • Recommended Reading
Tables
Table 1.
Hype Cycle Phases
Table 2.
Benefit Ratings
Table 3.
Maturity Levels
Figures
Figure 1.
Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2012
Figure 2.
Priority Matrix for Emerging Technologies, 2012
Figure 3.
Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2011




Document History:
 
Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2012
31 July 2012
  
Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2011
28 July 2011
  
Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2010
2 August 2010
  
Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2009
21 July 2009
  
Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2008
9 July 2008
  
Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2007
13 July 2007
  




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