The Gartner hype cycle

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Gartner’s hype cycle tracks a technology through five stages:

  • Innovation Trigger
  • Peak of Inflated Expectations
  • Trough of Disillusionment
  • Slope of Enlightenment
  • Plateau of Productivity

Take a look at the linked chart to see various technologies and where they fit on this curve. As an example, Augmented Reality is deep into the Slope of Disillusionment.

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