Incredible article by TechCrunch that talks about the disruption of many industries through virtual reality. With the rise of Oculus Rift, Google Glass, and many more, virtual reality can serve the purpose of fully immersed movie theatre entertainment to an extremely interactive video game experience. The article also talks about Audio Reality, and gives some suggestions to what industries that it could be applicable to in the future (I will leave that to you guys to read about their suggestions).

Additionally, with Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus Rift and Google’s “Google Glass”, what do you think could be disrupted by these tech giants? Do you think the technology is ready for a full VR experience, and if so do you think VR is the future?

Google just debuted a Dongle similar to the Chromecast for under $100. Unlike the Chromecast, this device will be more like a running computer plugged into your TV, giving you much more capabilities than alternatively being limited to what is on your phone. I think this is a great example of Google disrupting their own industry and taking away from sales of the chromecast with a higher end product. Thoughts?

http://mashable.com/2015/03/31/chromebook-chromebit/

Interesting article that relates the tech boom to the dot com bubble. In the early 2000’s, a lot of people lost a lot of money because companies rushed to go public before they had any revenue. There are a lot of startups now that are being invested in without revenue and some analysts are worried that the same problem will occur. This article discusses that issue. What do you think?

http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/24/tech-bubble-maybe-maybe-not/

Saw this article and I think it directly correlates to disruptive innovation and topics in class. The iPhone, as a new entrant, has eliminated the need for so many products. With the ability for anyone to develop apps, the iPhone can continually turn many products obsolete. Over the next few years, what else do you think the iPhone (or smartphones in general) can eliminate from our everyday lives?

http://www.supercompressor.com/tech/things-you-don-t-need-to-buy-if-you-have-an-iphone-tech-that-has-been-replaced-by-your-iphone

I found this interesting article about how a company crowdfunded protein bars made of crickets and it made me come to an interesting realization. Crowdfunding (the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people),
can enable anyone to disrupt any industry. Some companies consume all the market share simply because competitors don’t have the ability or resources to enter that industry. But with the ability to put your idea or product out on Kickstart, Indigogo, or one of the many crowdfunding platforms, it enables anyone to test the market and feasibility with consumer backing.

Do you think crowdfunding could have a direct correlation to disruption?

http://mashable.com/2015/03/22/cricket-protein-bar/

After a very long wait, nintendo is finally bringing its beloved games to mobile devices. Nintendo, like many others, was the incumbent for the longest time in the gaming industry. When smartphones came out, it heavily disrupted the handheld gaming industry because consumers were finding it much easier to download their favorite games directly to their phone. Why carry around two devices when you don’t need to? Nintendo stuck to their guns about only distributing their software on Nintendo only hardware, but finally gave in to the demand. In my opinion, they could heavily disrupt the gaming apps being sold not the app store and really reclaim market share. Thoughts?

http://www.wired.com/2015/03/nintendo-dena-mobile/?mbid=social_fb

Last week, Apple announced its new Macbook, which is a huge game changer and disrupter in not only the world of laptops, but in tablets as well. The iPad has been a long time rivalry with the Microsoft Surface, with the argument that more can be done on the surface since it is running Windows and the iPad runs iOS. In my opinion, with the MacBook’s new features it seems to be disrupting its own product line since the incumbent was the iPad (vs. the surface). Do you think the new MacBook is disrupting its own industry?

http://www.wired.com/2015/03/apple-new-macbook/

I feel this infographic within this article is a great example of products in the past that have been proven disrupters in their given markets. Since it has been such a focus in class, I think this article gives some great real world examples of modern disruptive products that we are familiar with and can relate to. Let me know what everyone thinks!

http://mashable.com/2011/10/09/7-disruptive-innovations/