Here’s what the home of the future might look like, according to AI
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Technologies such as robotics, 3D printing and artificial intelligence are poised to reshape our living environment in the coming years.
DailyMail.com spoke to futurists about how our homes will revolutionize by 2050, then used the AI ββart generator Midjourney to bring their predictions to life.
Augmented reality could shine a ‘holographic’ Gordon Ramsay in your kitchen, to provide cooking tips as you fire up the induction hob.
Every surface in the house can be transformed into a touch screen that performs various tasks, walls can turn into windows on demand, and your house can double as a farm where food is grown.
Augmented reality could place a virtual chef in your kitchen to talk you through meal plans. Those who like a tough love style can opt for a Gordon Ramsay hologram
Future homes will be designed with materials that can withstand a warmer world
Each surface can turn into a screen that performs specific actions of the house
Walls, floors and ceilings could transform themselves in response to voice commands, with nanotechnology making walls solid or translucent or turning them into a giant TV screen.
Humanoid androids will take care of the whole house – the first models are coming to market now, thanks to Tesla and companies like 1X, but by 2050 experts have predicted they will be able to cook, clean and even take care of children.
Augmented reality will fundamentally change entertainment, said Ian Silvera, editor of Future News, “Arables with AR can also bring the home, fixtures and appliances to life.”
“A hologram of Gordon Ramsay teaching you how to cook or JRR Tolkien narrating his own books in your bedroom (thanks to AI and AR technology) could be coming sooner than you think,” Silvera said.
Future homes will be dotted with entertainment ‘pods’ so people can have privacy while enjoying their own entertainment
Homes are divided into ‘power’ and ‘non-power’ zones
Silvera also believes that future homes will be dotted with entertainment “pods” so people can have privacy while enjoying their own entertainment.
“As we continue to live through the smartphone and streaming era, our media consumption practices have changed dramatically compared to the TV era, where a centralized location in the home (the TV) focused people on one area for entertainment purposes,” said Silvera.
“Streaming pods are already popular in the workplace,” he noted, “and can be easily absorbed at home.”
Architects may also want to consider stream and non-stream zones in their designs to make the home a more harmonious environment, while internet-enabled devices allow screens (with micro-LEDs at the forefront of technology) to illuminate every wall of the home can decorate and fit seamlessly into interiors.’
Mike Ralphs, head of digital technology at tech-focused rental company Quintain Living, said walls in the home of the future could change their appearance with a touch or a voice command.
“With the use of nanotechnology and AR, surfaces can display different colors, textures or even projection images to personalize the home,” says Ralphs.
‘They also serve as interactive screens for virtual communication or displaying information.’
Nanotech and AI help turn walls into windows or TV screens (Midjourney)
Future life is predicted to be tighter as whole families will live in the same space
Homes can reconfigure themselves at the touch of a button
Other predictions of futuristic homes are less optimistic. The report Futurology: the new house in 2050 by the NHBC Foundation, for example, suggests that future life may be tighter.
The report also suggests that the increasing number of elderly and young people unable to leave their homes means that multi-generational housing will become more common.
Ralphs believes modular construction techniques will help buildings and suburbs of the future adapt to demand – with ‘shifting’ floor patterns that adapt to demand.
He said: ‘The increasing prevalence of modular construction techniques allows for the faster and more sustainable creation of rental housing and the ability for buildings to adapt to changes in how residents live.’
βIn modular apartment buildings, for example, the floor configuration can be changed from, say, many one-bedroom homes to fewer four-bedroom homes, in line with resident demand.β
Ralphs also believes that advanced renewable energy technologies, such as energy-harvesting materials integrated into the building’s structure and solar panels, could mean that future homes will be so efficient that they feed power into the grid.
Advanced renewable energy technologies, such as energy harvesting materials integrated into the building’s structure and solar panels, could mean that future homes will be so efficient that they feed power into the grid
Growing your own food will become more and more common and will be done indoors
Artificial intelligence will be present throughout the home of the future, Ralphs believes.
“By 2050, AI assistants will anticipate residents’ needs and manage energy consumption,” he said.
“Voice commands and gesture recognition will replace traditional switches and buttons, and homes will have personalized AI systems to help with everyday tasks.”
The home of the future will also be full of plants and leaves, and maybe even grow food, says Rebecca Armstrong, general manager of Making Energy Greener.
“Solar panels become solar roof tiles,” Armstrong said.
“Innovative solar windows will harness sunlight to generate electricity, transform windows into energy-producing assets and maximize energy efficiency in our homes.”
“This is all done intelligently through the smart system or can be voice controlled, so we’ll say, for example, ‘Jarvis, it’s a little chilly, can you raise the temperature’ – and Jarvis does it.”