This could be what your Halloween looks like in 2025

Your Halloween traditions might be getting smarter.

Windstream, an Internet service provider, is predicting the future of Halloween. The company put together an infographic illustrating the night in 2025, tricked out with smart devices that will change the way parents and kids trick-or-treat.

For example, kids may use 3D printers to build costume props and save parents a trip to the store. People could use virtual reality to tour a haunted house. Mobile apps may show locations of houses that are open to costume-clad participants. For the parents, devices can monitor their kids' safety from afar, and health tracking apps can alert them when their kids have had one too many sweets. Read more...