Convergence

What if all media was seamlessly streamed through one device? What kind of impacts could this have on everyone's daily life? The idea of all media streaming through one place is the idea known as Technological Convergence. Convergence is the process of everything moving forward to be uniform or one. Convergence is the thought that everyone knows something but no one knows everything.

Technological Convergence is where we come up with the idea of all forms of media and technology reaching us in one way. One example of convergence today could be the smartphone. The smartphone inscapes all forms of technology in one. Technological systems like Television, Communication systems, Gaming, internet and wide variety of other media as well. All of these tasks could take a long time to complete, and require usage of many different equipment. However, because of technological convergence, we are able to perform all of these tasks through just one system. Many people have become reliant on their smartphones for daily tasks along with checking their social media. Technological Convergence is strongly displayed through smartphones with the amount of services that are available through them.

Another example of modern day technological convergence comes from Smart TV’s. Smart TV’s come with internet, along with Netflix, Hulu, etc. With TV’s also come gaming devices, such as Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo Switch, etc. Allowing us to use all these entertainment devices through one device.

In other words, technological convergence allows technological systems to evolve towards performing the same or similar tasks as technology continues to  advance. Technological convergence creates a unique combination of existing media and devices by merging these different technologies together into new forms. Having several different uses on one device has become the most popular and modern way of technology. People rarely buy technological devices that only have one use for them, so technological convergence is becoming more and more popular as the years go on.