People scoffed when it was said that everyone would have a mobile phone back in the day the technology was in it infancy.
Everyone remembers their wins, few mention their losses.
That is not directed at you but at the tech sector in general, they are always predicting the next revolution and they are wrong way more times then they are correct.
The Segway was going to revolutionize transport as we know it. Now?.. They are as big a joke as the mall cops that are their major users.
3G mobile phones were going to usher in an age of video calls, instead everyone fell in love with texting.
3D has been the future of movies/video at least 3 times in the last 50 years.
Massive VR/AR adoption has been 3 years away for the last 20.
Personal AI assistance may happen but I doubt it is in any form that we know now.
I worked on the 3G roll out for a national telco, video calls were the major focus of the marketing and branding message.
Whether Gen 1 3G was ever capable of delivering on that message is a totally different topic. For a recent example see the messaging vs reality around FB metaverse.
Everyone remembers their wins, few mention their losses.
That is not directed at you but at the tech sector in general, they are always predicting the next revolution and they are wrong way more times then they are correct.
The Segway was going to revolutionize transport as we know it. Now?.. They are as big a joke as the mall cops that are their major users.
3G mobile phones were going to usher in an age of video calls, instead everyone fell in love with texting.
3D has been the future of movies/video at least 3 times in the last 50 years.
Massive VR/AR adoption has been 3 years away for the last 20.
Personal AI assistance may happen but I doubt it is in any form that we know now.
Maybe not in the 3G era but now that 4G LTE and 5G are pretty widely available I see people video chatting quite often when I’m out and about.
I worked on the 3G roll out for a national telco, video calls were the major focus of the marketing and branding message.
Whether Gen 1 3G was ever capable of delivering on that message is a totally different topic. For a recent example see the messaging vs reality around FB metaverse.