A number of companies in the next few years will present revolutionary developments that will make smartphones unnecessary.

One day, not too soon, but still before you think, the smartphone will die - like some kind of fax machine from a distant past. The next ten years, a man can not completely tear himself away from his beloved and so convenient gadget, well, and then he will just not be needed, informs news. Eizvestia. Com.

The basis for the final destruction of the smartphone is already laid today by Ilon Mask, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon and countless small but crazy ambitious start-ups. And believe me, what will replace the already familiar technical miracle in your pocket will be really akin to science fiction.

Virtual assistants.

Judging by the insider information, Samsung Galaxy S8 (available already pre-order) will be shipped with a new virtual assistant Bixby, which will allow you to monitor each function and application only with your own voice. Actually, the company positions the S8 as a guide to an entire ecosystem of devices, which can be controlled simply by word. This is no longer a smartphone, but an entirely new concept of human interaction with the surrounding techno- logy.

Ecosystem from steel.

The next iPhone will also focus on bringing augmented reality to our daily lives. Note that this is not about any distant future - all global changes of this kind are coming in the next couple of years. And since such devices as Amazon Echo, Sony PlayStation VR and Apple Watch continue to use limited but significant success, experts expect the combination of all these devices in one interconnected ecosystem.

Augmented Reality.

Microsoft, Facebook, Google and the Google-supported startup Magic Leap are working on creating standalone augmented reality sets that project detailed 3D images right into your eyes. According to rumors, Apple is working on the same.

Digital vision.

Alex Kipman of Microsoft in a recent interview for Business Insider said that soon the augmented reality can completely replace the smartphone, TV and all other gadgets with a screen. This is quite logical: from a separate device in your pocket there is not much talk if all calls, chats, movies and games are projected directly into the eyes of the user, organically located in the surrounding world.

Audio Guides.

At the same time, in the world more and more important are such devices as Amazon Echo or Apple's own AirPod. Since artificial intelligence systems such as Siri from Apple, Alexa from Amazon, Bixby from Samsung and Cortana from Microsoft, will certainly become more intelligent, over time, the user will rely more and more on audio information, supplemented with a video image in the eyes.

Digital world.

Most likely, soon we are expected to gradually fuse the world of digital and real world. The largest technology companies promise that this future means a world with less technological distractions and greater balance, because the physical world will simply collapse under the onslaught of a new digital reality, if it is not protected.

Brothers (now sisters) Wachowski in the unforgettable "Matrix" predicted something like that.

Telepathy.

And now it's time for something really crazy. This week Ilon Mask presented his new company Neuralink. Quite seriously (and, frankly, the reason not to believe a man so savvy), Mask said that in the next ten years, a neural interface will be developed that allows people to exchange thoughts. In other words, we are promised telepathy. Welcome to the future, gentlemen!.