Research undertaken at the eBay Innovation Lab, a research project into consumer reactions to emerging technologies, has revealed a marked difference in perceptions vs. reality in the ways men and women interact with, and respond to, innovative technology.

Participants’ reactions to technology captured at the eBay Innovation Lab, combined with eBay’s own data, have revealed that Christmas 2015 is set to be a high-tech one.

Results from the eBay Innovation Lab show that the biggest people pleaser amongst emerging technologies are robots, leading eBay to predict they will be one of the hottest gifts under the Christmas tree this year.

Participants’ reactions to robots, holograms, drones and virtual reality will help predict what life will look like in 2016 and beyond.