GabyAugmented reality holograms, assistant robots, 3D-printed transformer walls, obedient screens… All of this, and more, has been integrated into quirky yet practical architectural forms by artificial intelligence. Such a reality, which just yesterday was the stuff of science fiction, could become an organic part of our lives in just a quarter of a century.
Journalists Daily Mail Experts on future trends were asked how they envision human dwellings in the year 2050. These predictions were then passed on to the neural network Midjourney, which generated images based on the verbal descriptions.
The results were impressive. We are looking forward to a life in futuristic houses that will incorporate various achievements of the technological revolution. Aesthetic living spaces will meet the ecological needs of people, who will ultimately stop polluting the planet with harmful emissions.
What will they be? our homes in just 27 years
According to the fantasies of futurists and AI, the walls, floors, and ceilings of our future homes will transform in response to voice commands. Nanotechnology will turn walls into giant translucent screens. Any surface in the room will be able to become a touchscreen as needed, executing various commands from the owner.
Experts do not rule out the possibility that a famous chef from a cooking TV show will be taking charge in our kitchens. Of course, it will be his holographic version. The chef will appear in our homes with his cooking tips as soon as we turn on the induction stove.
The house will most likely be serviced by humanoid androids. Their first models are already conquering the market of innovative technologies, thanks to companies like Tesla. According to experts’ forecasts, by 2050, androids will be cleaning, cooking, and even taking care of children.
Augmented reality will fundamentally change the concept of entertainment, believes Jan Silvera, editor of Future News. “As we continue to live in the era of smartphones and streaming, our methods of consuming information have drastically changed compared to the television era, when the centralized location of a TV in the home brought people together in one place for shared leisure,” noted Mr. Silvera. He suggested that homes in 2050 will be filled with entertainment capsules for solitude, packed with know-how. However, it is quite possible that architects will design areas in homes completely free from technological innovations.
According to Mike Ralphs, head of the digital technology department at Quintain Living, the walls of future homes will change their appearance simply through touch or voice commands. Nanotechnology and augmented reality will help display different colors, textures, or even the individual traits of the homeowners. These transformed walls will also serve as interactive screens for virtual communication or information retrieval.
According to some experts, living spaces may even become somewhat smaller than what modern inhabitants of the planet are accustomed to. And since remote work is likely to prevail in the near future, people will increasingly spend more time in their own homes. It is also possible that the use of housing simultaneously by multiple generations will become a more common phenomenon.
Mr. Ralfs believes that the real estate market will be dominated by modular construction. houses that will change their appearance according to the demands of their owners. And thanks to advanced technologies using renewable energy sources (such as systems for energy collection integrated into the building structure), future homes will become extremely efficient. They will also feed excess energy back into the general energy system.
Meanwhile, artificial intelligence will be present in all future homes, assures Mike Ralphs.
In his opinion, by 2050, “AI assistants will anticipate the needs of residents and manage energy consumption.” Voice commands and gesture recognition systems will leave traditional switches and buttons in the past. Homes will be equipped with personalized AI systems that will help carry out everyday tasks.
In the houses of the near future, there will be a lot of greenery, both outside and inside. And it is quite likely that there will be space in our homes for farms growing organic products.
