Will 2023 be a big year for tech?

WITH the birth of AI, or perhaps the death of Twitter and cryptocurrency, 2023 has an array of technology on the horizon: is this the year we leave the world behind for the metaverse?

One thing we are sure to have forced down our throats this year, as a response to looming climate and net zero targets, is electric vehicles (EVs). The luxurious British car company Rolls-Royce is joining the modern day with its first dive into EVs with the Spectre, which is certainly not compromising its traditional pomp to become greener. The manor house on wheels will be as unwieldly as its forerunners, weighing three tonnes and being 5.5 metres in length. Though the chance of seeing one of these in 2023 is unlikely for most of us, it is certain to have an equally unwieldly price tag. Unsurprisingly the EV you will likely hear the most about this year is the positively mad Tesla Cybertruck.

Elon Musk, who now manages to squirm his way into every Exeposé tech article, has promised that the truck will be available to buyers by the end of 2023, but doubt hangs over the head of every Tesla release. De lays have plagued every Tesla model to date. It would be unfair to say the company overpromise and un der deliver because they do deliver — just maybe three to five business years late. If the Cybertruck does appear in showrooms this year it will be ground-breaking, with a 14,000-pound towing capacity and a 500-mile range.

From one EV out of a sci-fi film to another, DeLorean are set to re lease the Alpha5 which has the same childish charm as the original from Back to the Future . It maintains the gull-wing doors and will reach 88mph in 4.35 seconds. This car might not be on every street corner this year but will be sure to make any passers-by smile. Quantum computing sounds like something from a corny sci-fi film but this year massive leaps are predicted in this technology as the UK, US, China, and Russia pour money into developing quantum technologies. It’s not the glossiest of new technologies so it is probable this may not make it onto headline news, especially if 2023 is as turbulent as the last few years, but it is worthwhile keeping tabs on; it will impact our lives more than the Cybertruck or the Alpha5. Developments would massively increase processing and storing capacity using subatomic particles with computers operating a trillion times more quickly. There is a danger that cyberwarfare could take hold if one nation gains this technology before the rest, as quantum computing would render any current computer encryption useless. For the sake of our national grid, transport and public services, let’s hope it is not China or Russia who make the big quantum breakthroughs this year.

We can expect greater integration of the digital world into our every day lives: augmented reality (AR) is tipped to be a big part of Apple’s strategy moving forward as they buy AR patents and are supposedly positioned to announce some form of AR glasses or goggles this year. One day, not far from now, you might be able to not just watch a lecture from home but sit in an augmented digital lecture theatre from the comfort of Pret or the Imperial.

Perhaps you won’t be abandoning the windy and wet days in Devon for the sunny shores of a digital desert island in the metaverse just yet but burnt food will be a thing of the past.

Samsung have created an AI-enabled oven which will detect when your food is burning so no more burnt chips or black frozen pizzas. That is if you have upwards of £2,000 to splash on an oven.

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