Home Automation Moving More and More Behind the Scenes

Smart home technology is becoming part of the living experience - a hidden part that takes our natural gestures and activities into consideration. More and more new technologies will be focused on fewer interfaces and more behind the scenes actions.

We’re just at the dawn of smart homes, with various connected cribs, high-tech security systems, robot butlers, and more striving to become the new norm. But while most of us assumed these smart devices would be voice-controlled like the likes of Google Home, Amazon Echo, or Mark Zuckerberg’s Jarvis, a new startup is showing us perhaps a more natural way to take command of home tech: augmented reality.

Hayo, which is currently fundraising for manufacturing on Indiegogo, promises to turn any space or object in your home into a smart device remote control. Want to turn on the lights? Press a predetermined point on the wall. Turn on your music? Raise your hand just so.