Trend 1 DARQ POWER #TECHVISION2019 EXPLORING THE DARQ Across the DARQ technologies, investments and adoption are rising steadily� VR and AR saw a 12 percent increase in investment between 2016 and 2017, reaching $3 billion that year; in the first three months of 2018, companies invested 4 $750 million in AR/VR startups� Distributed ledger investments are exploding, with blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused startups alone collecting almost $3�9 billion in investments in the first three quarters of 2018—nearly 5 three times the total for all of 2017� 2020 TECHNOLOGY VISION 2019 THE POST-DIGITAL ERA IS UPON US