The History of the Future – HarperCollins
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The History of the Future – HarperCollins
The Impending VR Moment
The iPhone didn’t happen in a vacuum. Apple needed to learn to make low-power devices with the iPod; flash memory needed to become viable at an accessible price point; Samsung needed to make a good enough processor; 3G networking needed to be rolled out; the iTunes Music Store needed to provide the foundation for the App Stor... See more
The iPhone didn’t happen in a vacuum. Apple needed to learn to make low-power devices with the iPod; flash memory needed to become viable at an accessible price point; Samsung needed to make a good enough processor; 3G networking needed to be rolled out; the iTunes Music Store needed to provide the foundation for the App Stor... See more
Sora, Groq, and Virtual Reality (Stratechery Article 2-20-2024)
But the feature that ultimately sold the industrial designers on the project was a concept for an outward-facing screen on the headset. The screen could display video images of the eyes and facial expressions of the person wearing the headset to other people in the room.
The Information • The Inside Story of Why Apple Bet Big on a Mixed-Reality Headset
The rise of immersive experiences will mainstream 3D creation.
medium.com • 10 Forecasts for the Near Future of Tech 🔮
However, I think there are even earlier histories that could inform our thinking. Before Second Life. Before virtual and augmented reality. Before the web and the internet. Before mobile phones and personal computers. Before television, and radio, and movies. Before any of that, an enormous iron and glass building arose in London’s Hyde Park. It wa
... See moreGenevieve Bell • The Metaverse Is a New Word for an Old Idea
They want to build a world for you, an oasis you can escape to and live in, comprised of games, work, and of course, your social fabric. Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus VR was a clear evolution in this quest.