Where will computers lead us?

I sometimes wonder where computers will lead us in the future.
I watched in amazement Sunday morning as several manufacturers showed off their reality systems. What might it be like in a classroom where a teacher takes a whole class through a safari in Kenya?
Within the safari, they could witness the circle of life viewing exotic animals in their natural habitat.
Would giving the students the opportunity to dive along the Great Barrier Reef of Australia provide them a better appreciation for the reef by viewing it live in three dimensions?
Would looking down and across at the world from the top of Mount Everest be impressive? Or walking along the bustling streets of Singapore or Oslo or Moscow or Johannesburg, seeing the sights and hearing the sounds and languages, give students a greater appreciation for world geography?
The systems already exist and where every student today has a laptop or tablet to work at school with, this could be the next learning tool adopted in classrooms and libraries around the world.
The world would come into the classroom.
On “60 Minutes” on Sunday night, the U.S. Army was demonstrating smart swarms of miniature drones that fly without human control while communicating with one another. They will be used by the military within a few years.
They can advance in front of men and women searching out potential hazards and traps, and potentially save lives.
Samsung and other cellphone companies now have developed cameras for phones that deliver photo and video qualities unheard of even five years ago. The phones keep improving while the speeds and reception of data and information continues to improve.
Google, Tesla, and all the major automotive manufacturers are working furiously on self-driving vehicles. We rely more than ever on Advanced Driver Assistance Systems. Bolstered by software developers, many vehicles today have lane departure warnings, automatic slowing as vehicles slow in front of vehicle, and blind spot monitoring.
These safety features operated almost independently—and even can take control of a vehicle to prevent driver accidents.
As vehicles are tested and Uber grows, more taxis than ever will be driverless. Since their mandatory installation in U.S. vehicles, traffic deaths on highways in the States have declined to their lowest levels in 70 years.
Integrated into GPS systems, our vehicles will recognize exits and adjust speeds and lanes to exit off highways.
Yes, we probably will feel uncomfortable riding as a passenger, but our great-grandparents probably felt the same trepidation going from horse-drawn buggies to automobiles.
In the future, vehicles will talk to one another, notifying vehicles of slow downs on super highways and adjusting the speed of all vehicles on the highway. And all the while, as a passenger, oblivious to anything happening around us, we will be watching movies and television shows streamed to us.
Who would have predicted that a cellphone would become our most important gadget a decade ago? Who among us can predict what we will adopt in new technology to enhance our lives in the future?
What gadget, which we can’t even yet imagine, will be so in demand that when we possess it, we couldn’t imagine living without it.