Synovate's View of the Future

Synovate has a fun clip on YouTube illustrating their Online service / approach / function. The cartoon left Ray Poynter of the Future Place worried by some of the imagery of what is being offered (see his post). He thinks the use of the robot in the video implies that the future is rather a long way off, and avatars might have seemed more current since he things the robots looked quite old fashioned, perhaps designed by somebody who watched their TV in the 80s or early 90s. What do you think?