Last year G2 introduced predictions for 2018's major digital trends, but this year the focus is on trends in specific industries and how digital transformation will affect them in 2019.

This post is one part of G2's 2019 digital trends series. Read more about G2's approach to digital transformation trends in an introduction from Michael Fauscette, G2 Crowd's chief research officer.

We have heard for years that virtual reality software (VR) was the thing of the future, poised to be the biggest technology of our generation. But time has told a different story. VR has a limited adoption rate among both businesses and consumers. We are predicting that that another futuristic technology is ready to overtake VR in the near future-augmented reality (AR) software.