Home of the future

There have been many exhibits, such as at World's Fairs and theme parks, purporting to show how future homes will look and work, as well as standalone model "homes of the future" sponsored by builders, developers or technology companies.

After a few years, each successive version of such an exhibit will start to look dated and old-fashioned, with some of its "futuristic" things becoming commonplace and others never catching on at all.

General Motors also presented A Touch of Magic (1961), which also showed a Frigidaire kitchen of the future.

While such technology has actually existed since the 1960s and has been developed and improved since, many new mobile phones can now make video calls and use of a home web camera on an instant messaging client and sending of pictures via cell-phone cameras has become prevalent.

Other common features of "home of the future" exhibits include centralized and automated control of all appliances, and the use of voice commands to operate devices.