F u t u r e s c e n a r i o s

Since its establishment, DLab has hosted numerous workshops with diverse members from industry, government, academia, and the private sector to brainstorm the future we all want. As a result, DLab created 24 future scenarios that depict a better future as envisioned by the public.
During the scenario creation process, ideas from the DLab kickoff event were combined with research plans created by Tokyo Tech researchers in 2017 and future forecasts by companies and public institutions.
The future scenarios that make up DLab’s 2020 image of future society are marked with a Vision2020 stamp.

2030

Liberate yourself from all constraints of place

Live a more convenient life with entrusted health monitoring

Exhibit enhanced creativity through coexistence with AI

Exercise your right to disconnect and reap the benefits

2040

Travel while you work, work while you travel

Maximize personal growth through unexpected encounters designed by AI

Complete your life without regrets, discomforts, or apologies

2050

Empathize with all beings via selective knowledge, senses, perspectives

Thrive through intentionally designed errors and uncertainties

Set your experiences and skills in view and apply them as currency

Flourish during both halves of the “60 x 2”

Experience new cosmic, subaquatic, and subterranean adventures

Make the virtual world everyday life and the physical world fantastic

2060

Realize a comfortable living environment in space

2070

Design, or remove, your own aging process

Eliminate concerns regarding food and energy shortages

2100

Achieve global symbiosis with a full understanding of Earth’s ecosystem

2150

Reduce drastically the probability of conflict with a cosmic-scale perspective

2200

Understand the origins of materials and life to create a sustainable world

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