Since the Second World
War, the world has gone through a huge technological boom that does not look
like it will be stopping any time soon. Mini-super-computers are carried around
in people's pockets, more information is being spread and recorded than ever
before, and areas like medicine do not stop improving. In this article, we are
taking a look at how technology is continuing to improve entertainment and how
multi-faceted entertainment is in our day and age.
Access
The internet has made
entertainment far more widely available, and the advent of the mobile phone has
made this even more true. Almost everyone now owns a smartphone with internet
access, either through WiFi or a mobile data connection, and that has made the
majority of entertainment readily available, anywhere and anytime.
For example, YouTube,
which is free and always will be, is not just a website like it used to be.
Now, you can watch anything you want on YouTube on your commute to work, on
long car journeys, while walking to your friend's house… You can access it so
fast that it is difficult to imagine a time when entertainment like this was
not immediately available.
Range
of entertainment
Because entertainment
is now so widely available, people can consume it faster, and they can also
create it faster and more freely, which has led to an incredibly wide range of
entertainment being available, from podcasts to ASMR (Autonomous sensory
meridian response) videos to TikToks to sport videos.
Literally anyone can make some piece of entertainment by simply picking up a phone and recording themselves or editing together a video of highlights from a football player, for example. Entertainment is not just easily available to access anywhere, thanks to mobile phones, it is also easily available to create anywhere.
Development
of entertainment
Music/podcast
apps
Although it is easy to
listen to music and podcasts on the go, thanks to devices like iPod Nanos or a Walkman,
these have fallen out of fashion because smartphones can do everything these
devices can do, but better. While a fair proportion of people listen to music
offline, companies have been incentivised to develop new forms of apps for
those online.
This has led to apps such
as Spotify becoming the complex app that they are today. As an example, every
Monday, it provides 30 songs that its algorithm has found that you are likely
to like in the "Discover" playlist. If on the go, you can still listen to it,
thanks to the fact that your phone is likely to be connected.
Podcasts have also
massively risen in popularity, and because it is not always easy to predict
what kind of podcast you will want to enjoy later on, apps have made it
extremely easy to find and listen to a wide variety of podcasts while on the
go.
Sports
betting
Like casino games,
sports betting has been made so easy by technology. Any bet is seconds away
from being made, and it can be argued that the biggest impact of this has been
improving the games themselves—by making them so much more exciting. Betting
companies like the ones reviewed
by Carl Hughes have
put a huge amount of time and money into researching the best ways to design
their apps, so that from the moment you decide that you wish to place a bet to
the bet being placed is as quick as possible—perfect for live betting. The fact
that you can place a bet in seconds if you want something to happen while you
are watching a game might not be the best for your bankroll, but it does make
the games a lot more interesting to watch.
Online
games
There has never been
such an easy and convenient time to be a gambler. Mobile apps have been
developed so that gambling is always just a few clicks away. Someone who has
already set up their account with a betting company can access a blackjack
table within a minute anywhere, so long as their phone is connected.
Increased internet
speeds and smartphone processing power have also led to these games becoming
more and more immersive. This is particularly true for slots, and having a
phone is now almost an equivalent to a real fruit machine in a bar. The games
are very detailed and have clearly been designed by a team of people who have
taken care in what they are producing.
Sport
apps
With transfer rumors,
injury news, player interviews, press conferences, and team updates becoming
more and more normal, apps have developed to provide everything that you could
need in order to follow your favorite teams or players in an app. They provide
statistical data that helps with betting, for example, and it is likely that
they will only get better with time.
