The Internet of Things continues its brisk and steady rise, and many trends that started in previous years will continue or even accelerate for the foreseeable future. However, a recent McKinsey study, "What separates leaders from laggards in the Internet of Things," found that only around one sixth of the world's largest companies adopting IoT are seeing any kind of significant return on investment.
New trends and business models for the IoT are emerging, and the way we plan, envision, and discuss the IoT will likely change in 2019. More Human-IoT Interaction Sensor data is a core component of IoT technology, but most sensors in use today monitor machinery or tech infrastructure. Employees can be expected to interact more with IoT technology, according to a recent McKinsey study.