What is the future of Minecraft mods?

I envision things/products used for gaming kind of intertwined into Minecraft. Things like teamspeak, being built into minecraft. In fact I think that is being worked on. I also imagine them changing the entire blocky feel of minecraft as well. I hope for big things, like a SIMPLER INSTALLATION FOR THEM as well. But yeah, thats pretty much it. I don't want mods to stray to far away from the actual game.