I’ve been doing this for 15 years.

And for all of those years uninspired marketers have touted their products as “the future … today.”

When it comes to consumer electronics, when are we in the future?

By some parameters, I’d say we’re there.

By others, not so much.

Here we rate the technologies and their “future factor,” including 3D TV, digital content, voice control, gesture control and more.

The maximum rating is 5, while the lowest rating is 0.

Click here for Grading Future Technologies.

About the Author:
Julie Jacobson - Editor, Electronic House; Editor-at-large, CE Pro

Julie Jacobson is editor of Electronic House and editor-at-large for CE Pro magazine, the trade magazine for home technology. She co-founded parent company EH Publishing in 1994.