Bart Wronski πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈMar 21, 2023

I remember during the early VR/AR craze, people were pitching it to me, "come work on it! this will be the new mobile!"
Some were genuine, and some were just bullshiters riding on the hype wave. I shrugged. Β―\_(ツ)_/Β―

Now, in the last few weeks (especially in the last few days), I have seen a bunch of laypeople, general IT people, and ML experts alike say "this is the new iPhone moment!".
Those were followed up by product announcements from almost everyone.

And, this time, I definitely agree.

Show threadDan PiponiMar 21, 2023
@BartWronski I'm old enough that "the new mobile" wasn't a phrase that made sense in the first wave of VR I experienced :)
Show threadBart Wronski πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ
@dpiponi what was the phrase then? :)
or was global hype and marketing not present back then? (as I imagine it's the wave that predates even the dotcom stuff)
Mar 21, 2023 at 3:15pmWeb
Show threadDan PiponiMar 21, 2023

@BartWronski Virtuality is even older than I thought. Not so many mobile phones then. And as they were just phones, they weren't really the important cultural thing they are today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuality_(product)

Virtuality (product) - Wikipedia