Futurist Bernard Marr has released the top-10 emerging tech trends he thinks will be shaping the digital world in the 2023, and business leaders should be prepared for. Most are relevant to the active-aging industry and senior living communities. Here's a glimpse of the top three. For details on all 10, click on the link below.

1- AI Everywhere: Convenience trends like buy-online-pickup-at-curbside (BOPAC), buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS), and buy-online-return-in-store (BORIS), will become standard.

2- Parts of the metaverse will become real: Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technology will continue to advance. One area to watch is the work environment in the metaverse — in 2023, Marr predicts that we’ll have more immersive meeting environments where we can talk, brainstorm, and co-create together.

Companies are already using metaverse technology like AR and VR to conduct training and onboarding, and this trend will accelerate in 2023. Companies like Microsoft and Nvidia currently are developing metaverse platforms for collaborating on digital projects.

3- Blockchain technology will also advance significantly in 2023 as companies create more decentralized products and services. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) will become more usable and practical in the new year. For example, NFT tickets to concerts will potentially provide access to backstage experiences and memorabilia. NFTs might be the keys used to interact with many of the digital products and services that customers buy, or they could represent contracts they enter into with other parties.

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