Keen to be on the forefront of fast-evolving video technology, YouTube unveiled some ideas to imagine the future.
Following are some of the issues the popular video sharing site discussed when mulling over the future of video:
• How long will users primarily make use of computers for interacting with video?
• How quickly will people move to their mobile phones or televisions?
• What can be new and more effective ways that will let them discover gripping videos to watch?
• What are the innovative recommendations that search can provide, and what about those based on like-minded users?
• How might we let users to manage YouTube on their own?
• How can the experts allow us to curate our massive collection?
The User Experience team of YouTube employs storyboards for visualizing ideas and initiating discussions about new products. While debating these issues, it was realized that the design of YouTube needs to evolve for solving them.
Their experts want to discover useful and innovative means to surface recommendations to users. They want to create the tools, which empower users to take lead in this exercise. For example, they used Comic Life, a nifty application, which makes storyboarding easier and faster.
A posting on the site mentions: “What will the experience of watching video be like just a few years from now? That’s a question we ask ourselves a lot. We wish to share them all with you, too, as well as hear ideas from you.
“It’s tough to predict the future, but it’s the most interesting part of our jobs. What do you on your part think the future of video will indeed hold? What do you wish to see us do in the coming few years? We want to hear from you.”
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