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In 1992 or so, I visualized a computer/watch hybrid device with image/video capture, wireless data, a touchscreen that didn't suck, apps that offloaded some of
by Zak 7y ago
In 1992 or so, I visualized a computer/watch hybrid device with image/video capture, wireless data, a touchscreen that didn't suck, apps that offloaded some of their work to remote servers, and voice communication. The image I had in my head looked a lot like a modern smartphone, but I imagined it worn around the wrist. I didn't imagine it as an evolution of the phone, but as a new class of device. There are products that allow a smartphone to be worn that way, but they aren't popular.
A couple years later, I imagined glasses that paired over a short-range wireless network with such a device to provide a wearable HUD, with a camera that did face recognition.
Of course, I was a kid at the time and didn't know how to build anything of the sort, demonstrating the principle of execution being far more important than ideas.
- mixmastamyk 7y agoDick Tracy had similar back in the day.
- Zak 7y agoI only remember that doing video calls, but it may have been part of the inspiration. Star Trek's PADDs and touchscreen UIs were definitely part of it.