It's really rare to go quickly from bleeding-edge research paper to consumer product. Google Search was one. Lytro another. Magic Leap's demos were ridiculous

It's really rare to go quickly from bleeding-edge research paper to consumer product. Google Search was one. Lytro another. Magic Leap's demos were ridiculous because they required monumental leaps in various areas - computer vision, holographic imaging, CPU/GPU energy efficiency (computationally). I don't see how this is related to business history. Having some sort of basic understanding of scientific and technological progress, sure. But an MBA? They had a good, fake demo for vaporware. That's all.