Driverless cars, transparent tablets and internet connected specs are just some of the whizbang gadgets that will play a part in our daily life in 2020, according to Telstra’s Chief Technology Officer Hugh Bradlow.

Dr Bradlow said that immersive technology will become a regular part of our lives.

“This will be a world where each device in the home, car and environment talks to each other. Imagine your smart fridge automatically generating a shopping list which is filled by your local supermarket and delivered to your door, or hopping into your self-driving car that determines the quickest route to work, finds you a car park and parks your car simply via voice control,” Dr Bradlow said.

Electronic communication has increased five-fold in the past decade. Currently there are 50 million connections between people and devices in Australia. By 2020, there will be 240 million and by 2030, 1 trillion.

“In 2020 we will be living in a digital economy where our connected devices will have intuitive user interfaces, near-field technology and sensors that drive smart bodies, smart homes, smart transport and smart environment,” Dr Bradlow said.

“Telstra is planning for a future where computer chips and internet access will be in everything from your oven to your car - each will talk to each other allowing people to do their washing, cleaning and cooking while at work, playing with the kids in the park or having coffee with friends.”

“Smart phones have changed the way we browse, research and shop and that is set to continue. Real-time morphing technology will allow consumers to try on a ‘virtual’ pair of jeans in a shop window simply by using an app connected to the window display or try on a pair of ‘virtual’ shoes seen in an online magazine,” said Dr Bradlow.

Australia leads the Asia Pacific in cloud adoption with forty-three percent of Australian businesses adopting cloud computing in 2012.

“In this world, there will be an app for everything and with more systems connected to the cloud businesses, specialists and technology will work seamlessly. Waiting rooms will be non-existent as doctors will be able to, ‘virtually’ reach through the screen during a video call to assess a patient’s heart rate and blood pressure - they could even run brain scans while sitting in their clinics on the other side of the world.