( CNN ) -- Ten years from now , you could be sitting at home , feeling a little burned out . But then an app installed in your watch ( or on your contact lenses ) , having monitored your vital signs , analyzed your mood and scanned through your social networks , will decide it 's time you took a vacation and will present you with a selection of itineraries tailored to your budget and tastes . This is the picture painted by The Future of Travel , a report compiled at the behest of travel-booking site Skyscanner using a team of 56 editors , researchers and futurists . Though it reads a bit like a Douglas Adams ' novel , the report 's predictions are based on technologies that either already exist , or are in development . `` The technologies in the above scenario are either real , being tested , or undergoing prototype development , '' says Martin Raymond , co-founder of The Future Laboratory , who collaborated with Skyscanner on the report . Get ( virtually ) real . According to Gareth Williams , Skyscanner 's CEO , in the future vacation photo albums will be replaced with immersive experience recordings . Oculus Rift , for instance , could allow users to record an African safari from their viewpoint , then share the virtual reality experience with friends back home . `` Wherever we have photos that are designed to inform you , we will ultimately also have 3-D immersive experiences , '' says Williams . Other companies are getting in on the act . This year , media company 3RD Planet developed a CGI tool that through virtual reality , puts users onto the street of various cities . Williams notes that as virtual reality becomes more commonplace , travel companies will give clients virtual tours of hotels , cities and experiences . `` They 'll become conventional tools for destination marketing organizations and tourist boards , '' he says . Recordings will also have a tactile element . Users plugged into a virtual reality film will not only be able to see it in 3-D , they 'll be able to feel the environment around them , be it the fur of a zoo animal or a sandy beach . Disney has already created REVEL , an interface that gives tactile feedback through minute vibrations from virtual 3-D objects , while Japanese company Tachi Lab is working on technology that can convert sounds into textures . Getting to know you . According to the report , by 2024 travel agents , tour guides and concierges could all be replaced by a virtual entity with a finely-tuned sense of your likes , which it will gather from your search history , online reviews , social media presence and various other digital interactions . This guide could live inside a piece of your clothing and come out as a hologram , and ( perhaps mimicking your favorite actor ) it will be able to have a conversation with you . `` It will essentially be an Artificial Intelligence device , constantly connected to the web , which has learned to intimately understand our individual preferences , '' says Daniel Burrus , a contributing futurist and author of Technotrends : How to Use Technology to Go Beyond Your Competition . These digital travel buddies will not only be able to tailor suggestions to you personally , they 'll be able to monitor your expressions to see if you 're actually enjoying yourself and tweak their recommendations accordingly ( Tech firm Affectiva is already working on an algorithm that reads human facial expressions ) . `` As we get smarter in the tools we build , they 'll become much more focused on what your motivation is , and what the appropriate search results are , '' says Williams . Wear it loud . Several experts envision Google Glass , the Sony Smartwatch and Samsung Galaxy Gear as the beginning of what will become a mass market in wearable technology ( IMS Research predicts Google will ship 6.6 million units of Google Glass annually ) . Furthermore , microchips are predicted to get even smaller -- the width of 15 to 20 atoms by 2017 , according to Renee James , president of Intel . This means it will be possible to implant technology in places previously deemed impossible ( In the report , futurist Dr. Ian Yeoman predicts that Google Glass will move to contact lenses in five years ) . The implications of this technology are perhaps the most far-reaching of all . In ten years , your clothing ( and eyewear ) could simultaneously translate foreign languages , both spoken and written . Furthermore , Google Glass and its various successors could likely change the future of photography . `` At the moment , souvenir photographs are exclusively taken through planning , '' notes Williams . By 2024 , rather than setting out to take a picture , Google Glass users could record their entire vacation , then instruct their device to pull out the best images . `` Technology will probably get good at suggesting moments that you most likely want to save , '' he adds .
Skyscanner teamed with 56 editors , researchers and futurists to create The Future of Travel report . Travel agents and tour guides could be replaced with a hologram projected from a watch . Travelers will be able to capture entire 3-D , tactile experiences , and share them with others . Technology will get so small , Google Glass capabilities could be installed in contact lenses .