Mobile Devices and the convergence of our real and Digital Lives. Part 1.

Consumer Behavior

In-case you have been living under a rock, the consumer appetite for all things visual in their digital lives has achieved incredible velocity and sees no end in slowing down.

Here are some consumer usage statistics i found interesting (and amusing!):

Device Power, Performance, and Connectivity

The Second undeniable trend is that these Innovations in Power, Performance, and Connectivity continue with breakout velocity. Here is one look at Megapixel growth on devices over the last 25 years.

I’ve heard an argument about Apple being a camera company - its not that wrong!

Every aspect and feature of the I-Phone has benefited from enormous investment over since 2007. The result is that if you were to graph any of these out by key metric, you would see the same thing. Up and right….Moores law for all of them. Here are just a few data points in support of this:

Finally - and this is where the rubber hits the road for us consumers. The software that powers the camera.

Im probably wrong but i’ll guess that early folks at places like instagram and snap - in addition to being brilliant (of-course) were likely good students of Apples Swift Kit releases.

Here are some of the areas where we are seeing incredible innovation.

There is so much buried surplus opportunity for creative innovation in each release that we (as the public) - barely see any of it manifest within apps before the next wave is upon us. Here is a look at one feature release for the 13.

Below is a picture i took with my 12 using a new feature that this camera app implemented within days of apples release. It’s incredible.

What used to be taxing, complexed and skilled analog process for a professional photographers has now been reduced to software on our devices.

Conclusion.

There is tremendous opportunity in Applications and platforms seeking to exist at the confluence of all of this. designed to activate remnant photo-roll inventory by leveraging custody and permanence to bring lasting user utility and value.

The data also suggests that the winning Consumer Web 3 experience will likely be visually anchored.

As we humans increasingly desire more privacy, better security, and improved custody of our digital things, Vision innovation and Web 3 technologies begin to truly define our right to self determination in the new converged Digital / Real life existence that is coming.