The Past, Present and Future of Online Video

Over the past decade, the Internet has greatly influenced people's lives; it has transformed politics, entertainment, culture, business, healthcare, environmental practices, and just about anything you can think of. What will happen in the next ten years? How will technology evolve, and how will we adapt to new technologies—or rather, how will these new technologies adapt to us? To address these questions, Google sent out a questionnaire to ten leading experts. During Google's 10th anniversary celebration, these ten experts submitted their responses. This article is translated from the official Google blog and discusses the evolution of video over the past decade, as well as the changes that online video may undergo in the next ten years.