Can you imagine organizing your daily schedule with a few touches on your bathroom mirror? Chatting with far-away relatives through interactive video on your kitchen counter? Reading a classic novel on a whisper-thin piece of flexible glass?

Those that know me, know I have been both fascinated and excited by this video for a while now and this could be the vision for our future – and I for one can’t wait!

The video depicts a world in which interactive surfaces help you stay connected through a seamless delivery of real-time information – whether you’re working, traveling, shopping, eating or relaxing. Real-time information like this will depend on communication networks and massive bandwidth capacities being up to scratch.

Okay, so the world showcased in “A Day Made of Glass” may seem like something out of a fantasy movie, but it is a very real possibility that this could be our future. Only less than a decade ago mobiles, blue ray players and HD movie cameras were commonplace. Today, we’re accustomed to movies streaming on demand to a 60-inch television hanging on the wall and to video calls on notebook computers and mobiles, not to mention a personal assistant in our pocket, essentially for free.

The consumer trend is clear, we all want to be connected with what we want… when we want…anywhere…and easily.

Recently Microsoft have also released an example of their vision, although this is not as cool: